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War  Department,  October  31, 1895. 
The  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  directs  that  the  fol- 
lowing Regulations  for  the  Amiy  be  published  for  the  government  of  all 
concerned,  and  that  they  be  strictly  observed.  Nothing  contrary  to  the 
tenor  of  these  Regulations  will  be  enjoined  in  any  part  of  the  forces  of 
the  United  States  by  any  commander  whomsoever. 

DANIEL  S.  LAMONT, 

Secretary  of  War. 


Note. — The  Drill  Regulations,  the  Instructions  for  Troops  in  Campaign, 
and  the  manuals  and  special  regulations  concerning  the  several  staff  depart- 
ments or  particular  branches  of  the  service  will  contain,  besides  extracts 
from  general  regulations,  such  rules  as  have  special  application;  but  no 
regulations,  orders,  or  instructions  will  be  embodied  therein  which  are  in 
conflict  with  the  Regulations  for  the  Army.  (Decision  of  Secretary  of  War, 
October  31,  1895.) 

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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


Article  I. 
Military  discipline,  1-5. 

Article  II. 
Precedence  of  regiments  and  corps,  6, 

Article  III 
Bank  and  precedence  of  oflBcers  and  non- 
commissioned officers,  7-12. 

Article  IV. 
Command,  13-19. 

Article  V. 
Appointment   and   promotion  of  commis- 
sioned officers,  20-31. 

Article  VI. 
Staff  appointments  and  details,  military- 
attaches,  32-37. 

Article  VII. 
Chaplains,  38-41. 

Article  VIII. 
Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  42, 43. 

Article  IX. 

Leaves   of    absence   to  officers:  Ordinary 

leaves,  44.^9 Sick  leaves,  60-64. 

Article  X. 
Officers  traveling  on  duty,  65-72. 

Article  XI. 
Retirement  of  officers,  73-76. 

Article  XII. 
Resignation  of  officers,  77-80. 

Article  XIII. 
Deceased  officers,  81-85. 

Article  XIV. 
Details  to  colleges,  86-90. 

Article  XV. 

The  post  noncommissioned  staff,  91-104. 

Article  XVI. 
Detached  soldiers,  105. 

Article  XVII. 
Furloughs  to  soldiers,  106-112. 

Article  XVIII. 
Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  113, 114. 


Article  XIX. 
Deserters,  115-134. 

Article  XX. 
Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  135-139. 

Article  XXI. 

Discharges,  140-153.    Certificates  of  disabil- 
ity, 154-1.57. 

Article  XXII. 
Deceased  soldiers,  158-162. 

Article  XXIII. 

Working  parties.    Extra  and  special  duty 

men,  163-172. 

Article  XXIV. 
Soldiers'  Home,  173-176. 

Article  XXV. 

Medals  of  honor  and  certificates  of  merit. 

177-181. 

Article  XXVI. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  182-186 

Article  XXVII. 
The  Commanding  General  of  the  Army, 

187, 188. 

Article  XXVIII. 
Territorial  departments,  189-197. 

Article  XXIX. 

Military  posts  and  reservations:  Posts,  198- 

209 Reservations,  210,211. 

Article  XXX. 

Flags,    colors,     standards,    and    guidons, 
212-225. 

Article  XXXI. 
Regiments:  Organization  and  instruction, 

236-232 The   regimental   staff,  233- 

242 Regimental    records,    243,    244 

Regimental  bands,  245-250. 

Article  XXXII. 
Troops,  batteries,  and  companies:  Officers 

and  noncommissioned  officers,  251-263 

Company  books  and  records,  264,265 

Interior  economy  of  companies,  266-279 

Messing  and  cooking,  280-286. 

Article  XXXIII. 
Councils  of  administration,  287-292. 


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TABLE    OF    CONTENTS. 


ARTICLE  XXXIV. 

Regimental,  bakery,  company,  and    mess 
funds,  29;j-303. 

Article  XXXV. 
Post  bakeries,  304-309. 

Article  XXXVI. 

Libraries,  reading  rooms,  etc.,  310-313. 

Article  XXXVII. 
Post  gardens.  3U-316. 

Article  XXXVIII. 

Post  schools,  317-324. 

Article  XXXIX. 
Post  exchanges,  325,  326. 

Article  XL. 
Care  of  fortifications  and  magazines,  327-343. 

Article  XLI. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344, 345. 

Article  XLII. 
Instruction  in  torpedo  service,  346,347. 

Article  XLIII. 

Artillery  practice,  348-a56. 

Article  XLIV. 
Small -arms  practice,  357-363. 

Article  XLV. 
Roster,  detachments,  and  daily   service: 

The  roster,  364-377 Detachments,  378- 

;J82 Daily  service,  383-388. 

Article  XLVI. 
Honors,  courtesies,  and  ceremonies :  Hon- 
ors, 389-404 Salutes  with  cannon,  405- 

419 Visits  and  courtesies,  420-425 Es- 
corts of   honor,   426 Funeral   honors, 

427-447 Ceremonies,  448^t52. 

Article  XL VII. 
Guards,  453-456. 

Article  XLVIII. 
Maps  and  reconnaissances,  457-461. 

Article  XLIX. 
The  service  schools,  462-468. 

Article  L. 

The  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane, 

469-473. 

Article  LI. 

Indians:    Indian    country,  etc.,  474-480 

Indian  scouts,  481-485. 

Article  LII. 

Employment  of  troops  in  the  enforcement 

of  the  laws,  486-491. 

Article  LIII. 
Cemeteries,  492-499. 


Article  LIV. 

Printing:  Newspaper  advertising,  500- 
509 Job  printing,  510-514. 

Article  LV. 
Purchase  of  supplies  and  engagement  of 

services:   General  provisions,  515-519 

Advertising  for  proposals,  520-524 Pro- 
posals, 525-^541 Awards,  542-547— Ab- 
stracts   of   proposals,  548 Methods  of 

purchase,  549-558— Contractors"  bonds, 
559-565 Oral  agreement,  566-568 Re- 
ports of  purchases,  569- — Marking  sup- 
plies by  contractors,  570. 

Article  LVI. 

Bonds  of  disbursing  officars,  bidders,  and 
contractors,  5'<  1-578. 

Article  LVII. 
Money  accountability:  Public  moneys,  579- 

586 Disbursing   officers,   587-593— 

Transfers,    594,595 Checks,    596-604 

Official  check  books,  605-607 Certificates 

of  deposit,  608-613 Proceeds  of    sales, 

614-616 Appropriations,  617-625 Ac- 
counts current,  626-630 Money  vouch- 
ers, 631-652 Pecuniary  responsibility  of 

officers,  653,  &54 Administrative  exami- 
nation of  money  accounts,  655,6.^6. 

Article  LVIII. 
Public  property  accountability  and  respon- 
sibility:   General   provisions,    657-680 

Damaged,  lost,  destroyed,  etc.,  681-691 

Property  accountability,  692-700 Ad- 
ministrative examination  property  re- 
turns, 701-702. 

Article  LIX. 
Lands,  buildings,  and  improvements,   70;i- 


Article  LX. 
Boards  of  survey,  708-723. 

Article  LXI. 
Civilian    employees:    General    provisions. 
724r-728 Traveling  expenses,  729-7a5. 

Article  LXII. 
Staff  administration,  736-747. 

Article  LXIII. 
Adjutant-General's  Department,  748-751. 

Article  LXIV. 
Military  correspondence,  752-769. 

Article  LXV. 
Orders,  770-783. 

Article  LXVI. 
Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784-788. 


Article  LXVII. 
Returns  of  troops,  789-'! 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 


VII 


Akticle  LXVIII. 
Records,  799-803. 

Akticle  LXIX. 
Personal  and  efficiency  reports,  804-812. 

Article  LXX. 

Penalty  envelopes,  813-817. 

Article  LXXI. 
The  recruiting  service:  Classification  and 

details,    818-820 Rendezvous   and    sta 

tions,   821,822 Enlistments,    823-840 

Medical     inspection,    841-848 Recruits 

sent  to  regiments,  849-853 Department 

and  regimental  recruiting,  854-856. 

Article  LXXII. 
Inspector-General's  Department:  General 

provisions,  857-863 Special  duties,  864, 

865 Stated  inspections,  866-872 Meth- 
ods of  inspection,  873-875 Disburse- 
ments and  accounts,  876,877 Property 

for  condemnation,  ^78-889. 

Article  LXXIIT. 
Judge  -  Advocate  -  General's    Department, 


Article  LXXIV. 
Arrest  and  confinement,  897-916. 

Article  LXXV. 
Courts-martial,  917-961. 

Article  LXXVI. 

Civilian  witnesses,  962-966. 

Article  LXXVII. 

Employment  of   civil   counsel,  967,968 

Habeas  corpus,  969-971. 

Article  LXXVIII. 
Quartermaster's      Department:     General 

duties,  972-975 Barracks  and  quarters, 

976-1011 Illuminating    supplies,     1012- 

1022 Stationery,  1023-1027 Purchase 

of  public  animals,  1028-1037 Veterinary 

medicines,  1^38-1040 Forage  and  straw, 

1041-1049 Care  of  and  accountability  for 

property,  1050-1064 Horses  of  mounted 

officers,  1065-1069 Transportation,  1070- 

1162 Clothing     and     equipage,     116!$- 

1205— Telegraphing,  1206-1216 Tele- 
phoning, 1217 Records,  1218-1220 Re- 
turns and  reports,  1221-1225. 

Article  LXXIX. 

Subsistence  Department:  General  duties, 
1226 Commissaries,  1227-1229 Sub- 
sistence  supplies    in   bulk,  1230-1238 

Transfers    in     bulk,  1239-1^1 Gains, 

wastage,  and     deficiencies,  1242-1246 


Article  LXXIX— Contiinied. 

Storehouses,     1247-1249 Fresh    meats, 

1250 The     ration,     1251-1255 Travel 

ration,  1256 Liquid  coffee,1257 Issues 

of    rations,  1258-1264 Other   issues   of 

subsistence    stores,   1265-1268 Saving-f, 

1369-1271 Commutation,      1272-1279 

Sale?,  1280-1292 Blank    forms,  1293 

Accounts  and  returns,1294. 

Article  LXXX. 
Pay  Department:  General  provisions,  1295- 

1297 Payments  to  officers,  1298-1313 

Pay  during  absence,   1314-1320 Travel 

allowances,  1321-13a5 Commutation    of 

quarters,  1336-1342 Stoppages,  134,3- 

1346 Payment  of  cadets,  1347 Pay- 
ment of  enlisted  men,  1348-1364 Re-en- 
listment and  continuous-service  pay.  1365- 

1367 Forfeitures  and  deductions.  136S, 

1369 Certificate  of  merit,  1370 Depos- 
its,   1371-1379 Pay    of    deserters,    IM), 

1381 Payment  of  discharged  soldiers, 

1382-1388 Miscellaneous,  1389-1391. 

Article  LXXXI. 
Medical  Department:   General  provisions, 

1392,    1393 Appointments,    1394,1395 

The  hospital  corps,  1396-1411 Company 

bearers,  1412.1413 Ambulances  and  lit- 
ters, 1414-1419 F  i  e  1  d    service,   1420- 

1423 H  o  s  p  i  t  a  1  buildings,  1424-14:10 

Sick  call,  1431,  1432 General  hospitals, 

1433,    1434 Service    of    hospitals,    U'K- 

1449 Medical   attendance,   1450-1459 

Medical  supplies.  1460-1463— Reports  and 

returns,  1464-1466 Artificial  limbs.  1467- 

1471. 

Article  LXXXII. 
Corps  of  Engineers,  1472-1487. 

Article  LXXXIII. 
Ordnance  Department:  General  provisions, 

1488-1491 Issues  and  sales,  1492-1510 

Expenditure  of  ammunition,  1511-1514 

Surplus  or  damaged  stores,  1515-1523 

Inspection    of   ordnance    supplies.    1524- 

1526- Packing  and  transportation,  1527- 

1531 Returns  and  reports,  1532-1536. 

Article  LXXXIV. 
The  Signal  Corps,  1537-1547. 

Article  LXXXV. 
Uniform,  1548-1551. 

Article  LXXXVI. 
Blank  forms,  1552. 

Articles  of  War  (Revised  Statutes,  1343 and 

1343),  pp.  317-331. 
Index,  pp.  233-303. 


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REGULATIONS 

FOR  THE 

ARMY   OF  THE   UNITED  STATES 


ARTICLE  I. 

Military  Discipline. 

1.  All  persons  in  the  military  service  are  required  to  obey  strictly  and  to 
execute  promptly  the  lawful  orders  of  their  superiors. 

2.  Military  authority  will  be  exercised  with  firmness,  kindness  and  jus- 
tice. Punishments  must  conform  to  law  and  follow  offenses  as  promptly  as 
circumstances  will  permit. 

3.  Superiors  are  forbidden  to  injure  those  under  their  authority  by  tyran- 
nical or  capricious  conduct,  or  by  abusive  language. 

4.  Courtesy  among  military  men  is  indispensable  to  discipline ;  respect  to 
superiors  will  not  be  confined  to  obedience  on  duty  but  will  be  extended  on 
all  occasions. 

5.  Deliberations  or  discussions  among  military  men  conveying  praise  or 
censure,  or  any  mark  of  approbation,  toward  others  in  the  military  service, 
and  all  publications  relating  to  private  or  personal  transactions  between 
officers,  are  prohibited.  Efforts  to  influence  legislation  affecting  the  Army, 
or  to  procure  personal  favor  or  consideration,  should  never  be  made  except 
through  regular  military  channels ;  the  adoption  of  any  other  method  will 
be  noted  in  the  military  record  of  those  concerned. 

ARTICLE  II. 

Precedence  of  Regiments  and  Corps. 

6*  On  all  occasions  of  ceremony,  except  funeral  escort,  troops  are  arranged 
from  right  to  left  in  line,  and  from  head  to  rear  in  column,  in  the  following 
order :  First,  infantry ;  second,  light  artillery ;  third,  cavalry.  Artillery 
serving  as  infantry  is  posted  as  infantry ;  dismounted  cavalry  and  marines  are 
on  the  left  of  the  infantry ;  engineer  troops  are  on  the  right  of  the  command 
to  which  they  are  attached ;  detachments  of  the  hospital  corps  are  assigned  to 
place  according  to  the  nature  of  the  service.  When  cavalry  and  light  artil- 
lery, or  light  artillery  and  infantry,  are  reviewed  together  without  other 
troops,  the  artillery  is  posted  on  the  left.  In  the  same  arm,  regulars,  volun- 
teers, and  militia  are  posted  in  line  from  right  to  left,  or  in  column  from  head 
to  rear,  in  the  order  named.  In  re\aews  of  large  bodies  of  troops  the  different 
arms  and  classes  are  posted  at  the  discretion  of  the  commanding  general,  due 
regard  being  paid  to  their  position  in  camp.  On  all  other  occasions  troops  of 
all  classes  are  posted  at  the  discretion  of  the  general  or  senior  commander. 
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2  RANK   AND    PRECEDENCE. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Rank  and  Precedence  of  Officers  and  Noncommissioned  Officers. 

V,  Military  rank  is  that  character  or  quality  bestowed  on  military  persons 
which  marks  their  station,  and  confers  eligibility  to  exercise  command  or 
authority  in  the  military  service  within  the  limits  prescribed  by  law.  It  is 
divided  into  degrees  or  gTades,  which  mark  the  relative  positions  and  powers 
of  the  different  classes  of  persons  possessing  it. 

8.  Rank  is  generally  held  by  virtue  of  office  in  a  regiment,  corps,  or  depart- 
ment, but  may  be  conferred  independently  of  office,  as  in  the  case  of  retired 
officers  and  of  those  holding  it  by  brevet. 

9.  The  following  are  the  grades  of  rank  of  officers  and  noncommissioned 
officers : 


1. 

Maj  or-general. 

12. 

Ordnance,  commissary,  and  post 

2. 

Brigadier-general. 

quartermaster-sergeant,     hos- 

3. 

Colonel. 

pital   steward,   first-class  ser- 

4. 

Lieutenant-colonel. 

geant  of  the  Signal  Corps,  chief 

5. 

Major. 

musician,  principal  musician, 

6. 

Captain. 

chief  trumpeter,  and  saddler 

7. 

First  lieutenant. 

sergeant. 

8. 

Second  lieutenant. 

13. 

First  sergeant. 

9. 

Cadet. 

14. 

Sergeant    and    acting    hospital 

10. 

Sergeant-major  (regimental). 

steward. 

11. 

Quartermaster-sergeant  (reg- 
imental). 

15. 

Corporal. 

In  each  grade,  date  of  commission,  appointment,  or  warrant,  determines 
the  order  of  precedence. 

10.  Officers  of  the  Regular  Army,  Marine  Corps,  and  volunteers  whencom- 
missioned  or  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United  States,  being  upon  equal 
footing,  take  precedence  in  each  grade  by  date  of  commission  or  appoint- 
ment. Militia  officers,  when  employed  ^vith  the  regular  or  volunteer  forces 
of  the  United  States,  take  rank  next  after  all  officers  of  like  grade  in  those 
forces 

11.  Between  officers  of  the  same  grade  and  date  of  appointment  or  com- 
mission, other  than  through  promotion  by  seniority,  relative  rank  is  deter- 
mined by  length  of  service,  continuous  or  otherwise,  as  a  commissioned 
officer  of  the  United  States,  either  in  the  Regular  Army,  or,  since  April  19, 
1861,  in  the  volunteer  forces.  When  periods  of  service  are  equal,  prece- 
dence will,  except  when  fixed  by  order  of  merit  on  examination,  be  deter- 
mined, first,  by  rank  in  service  when  appointed ;  second,  by  former  rank  in 
the  Army  or  Marine  Corps ;  third,  by  lot,  among  such  as  have  not  been  in 
the  military  service  of  the  United  States. 

1 2.  The  relative  rank  between  officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  is  as  fol- 
lows, lineal  rank  only  being  considered: 

General  with  admiral.  Lieutenant-colonel  with  commander. 

Lieutenant-general     with     vice-ad-  Major  with  lieutenant-commander. 

miral.  Captain  with  lieutenant. 

Major-general  with  rear-admiral.  First    lieutenant     with     lieutenant 
Brigadier-general  with  commodore.  (junior  gi*ade) . 

Colonel  with  captain.  Second  lieutenant  with  ensign. 


COMMAND APPOINTMENTS,  ETC.  3 

ARTICLE  IV. 

Command. 

13.  Command  is  exercised  by  virtue  of  office  and  the  special  assignment 
of  officers  holding  military  rank  who  are  eligible  by  law  to  exercise  com- 
mand. Without  orders  from  competent  authority  an  officer  can  not  put 
himself  on  duty  by  virtue  of  his  commission  aJone,  except  as  contemplated 
in  the  24th  and  122d  Articles  of  War. 

14.  The  following  are  the  commands  appropriate  to  each  grade: 

1.  For  a  captain,  a  company. 

2.  For  a  major  or  lieutenant- colonel,  a  battalion  or  squadron. 

3.  For  a  colonel,  a  regiment. 

4.  For  a  brigadier-general,  two  regiments. 

5.  For  a  major-general,  four  regiments. 

15.  The  functions  assigned  to  any  officer  in  these  regulations  by  title  of 
office  devolve  upon  the  officer  acting  in  his  place,  except  when  otherwise 
specified.  An  officer  in  temporary  command  shall  not,  except  in  urgent 
cases,  alter  or  annul  the  standing  orders  of  the  permanent  commander 
without  authority  from  the  next  higher  commander. 

16.  An  officer  who  succeeds  to  any  command  or  duty  stands  in  regard  to 
his  duties  in  the  same  situation  as  his  predecessor.  The  officer  relieved  will 
turn  over  to  his  successor  all  orders  in  force  at  the  time,  and  all  the  public 
property  and  funds  pertaining  to  his  command  or  duty,  and  will  receive 
therefor  duplicate  receipts  showing  the  condition  of  each  article. 

17.'  An  officer  of  Engineers  or  Ordnance,  or  of  the  Adjutant-General's, 
Inspector-General's,  Judge- Advocate- General's,  Quartermaster's,  or  Subsist- 
ence Department,  or  of  the  Signal  Corps,  though  eligible  to  command,  accord- 
ing to  his  rank,  shall  not  assume  command  of  troops  unless  put  on  duty 
under  orders  which  specially  so  direct,  by  authority  of  the  President. 

18.  An  officer  of  the  Pay  or  Medical  Department  can  not  exercise  com- 
mand, except  in  his  own  department ;  but  by  virtue  of  his  commission  he 
may  command  all  enlisted  men  like  other  commissioned  officers. 

19.  When  an  officer  is  charged  with  directing  an  expedition  or  making  a 
reconnaissance,  without  having  command  of  the  escort,  the  commander  of 
the  escort  will  consult  him  touching  all  arrangements  necessary  to  secure 
the  success  of  the  operation. 

ARTICLE  V. 

Appointment  and  Promotion  of  Commissioned  Officers. 

20.  Notices  of  appointments  and  promotions  are  issued  by  the  War 
Department,  through  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

21.  Appointment  to  the  grade  of  general  officer  is  made  by  selection  from 
the  Army. 

25J.  Promotions  in  established  staff  corps  and  departments  to  include  the 
grade  of  colonel  will  be  made  by  seniority,  subject  to  the  examinations  re- 
quired by  law. 

23.  Promotions  in  the  line  of  the  Army  to  include  the  grade  of  colonel,  in 
each  arm  of  the  service,  will  be  made  by  seniority,  subject  to  the  examina- 
tions required  by  law,  except  that  all  officers  of  the  line  of  the  Army  in 


service  October  1,  1890,  above  the  grade  of  second  lieutenant,  will,  subject 
to  the  prescribed  examinations,  be  promoted  in  accordance  with  the  regula- 
tions existing  on  that  date. 

24.  Vacancies  in  the  grade  of  second  lieutenant  existing  on  the  1st  day 
of  July  each  year  are  filled  by  appointment,  in  order,  as  follows:  (1)  From 
graduates  of  the  United  States  Military  Academy;  (2)  from  enlisted  men  of 
the  Army  found  duly  qualified;  (3)  from  civil  life. 

25.  With  a  view  to  the  selection  of  proper  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  as 
"  candidates  for  promotion"  to  the  grade  of  second  lieutenant,  each  depart- 
ment commander  will,  as  soon  as  practicable  after  March  15  of  each  year, 
convene  a  board  of  five  officers  for  the  preliminary  examination  of  the 
soldiers  of  his  command  who  are  legally  qualified  applicants  for  a  com- 
mission, to  determine  their  eligibility  for  the  competitive  examination. 
This  board  will  institute  a  rigid  inquiry  into  the  character,  capacity,  record, 
and  qualifications  of  the  several  candidates,  and  will  recommend  none  for 
competitive  examination  who  are  not  able  to  establish  their  fitness  for  pro- 
motion to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  board.  On  September  1  of  each  year 
the  War  Department  will  convene  a  board  of  five  officers  for  the  final  com- 
petitive examination  to  determine  the  fitness  and  order  of  merit  for  promo- 
tion of  the  soldiers  who  have  successfully  passed  the  preliminary  examina- 
tion.   Two  members  of  each  board  will  be  officers  of  the  Medical  Department. 

26.  Each  enlisted  man  recommended  in  accordance  with  the  law  and  the 
foregoing  regulation  will  receive  from  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army 
a  certificate  of  eligibilitj'  for  appointment  to  the  grade  of  second  lieutenant 
and  will  be  known  as  a  "  candidate  "  for  promotion.  He  will  have  the  title 
' '  candidate  "  prefixed  to  his  name  in  all  rolls,  returns,  orders  and  correspond- 
ence in  which  it  appears,  and  will  be  entitled  to  wear  the  candidate's  stripes 
on  the  sleeves  of  uniform  coat,  blouse,  and  overcoat,  so  long  as  he  holds  this 
specially  honorable  position.  The  candidate's  stripe  will  be  worn  on  the 
upper  half  of  each  cuff.  It  will  consist  of  a  double  stripe  running  the  length 
of  the  cuff,  pointed  at  the  upper  end  and  with  a  small  button  below  the 
point  of  the  stripe ;  for  uniform  coat,  of  gold  braid  ;  for  blouse  and  overcoat, 
of  cloth  of  same  color  as  facings  of  uniform  ;  width  of  braid  or  cloth,  one- 
quarter  inch  ;  width  of  space  between  braid,  one-eighth  inch. 

2*7.  The  eligibility  of  a  candidate  for  appointment  as  second  lieutenant 
and  his  privileges  as  candidate  terminate  the  1st  of  September  next  succeed- 
ing his  competitive  examination,  unless  he  shall  again  be  recommended  on 
competitive  examination.  A  candidate  who  becomes  ineligible  by  reason  of 
age  will  be  entitled  to  wear  the  candidate's  stripe  on  the  left  sleeve  so  long 
as  he  maintains  his  good  standing  in  the  service.  Having  passed  a  depart- 
mental board,  but  having  failed  to  pass  the  competitive  board,  he  may  again 
be  examined  by  the  competitive  board  on  proper  application  made  through 
department  headquarters;  he  will  not  be  required  to  pass  a  departmental 
board  a  second  time.  An  applicant  who  twice  fails  in  competitive  exam- 
ination to  obtain  a  certificate  of  eligibility  as  candidate  for  promotion  can 
not  again  compete  for  that  position. 

28.  Candidates  who  may  be  guilty  of  misconduct  will  be  promptly 
reported  to  the  Adjutant-Greneral  of  the  Army,  through  regimental  and 
dejDartment  headquarters,  the  report  to  contain  a  full  statement  of  the 
alleged  misconduct,  with  names  of  witnesses.     The  department  commander 


STAFF   APPOINTMENTS ATTACHES.  5 

will  see  that  the  candidate  has  a  fair  and  impartial  hearing,  and  will  forward 
the  report  for  the  decision  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

29.  Candidates  for  promotion  will  not  be  deprived  of  the  privileges  of 
their  position  unless  by  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial  or  the  order  of 
the  Secretary  of  War,  except  by  operation  of  law  or  regulations.  While  hold- 
ing the  privileges  of  that  position  they  will  not  be  brought  before  a  summary 
or  field  ofiBcer's  court,  or  a  garrison  or  regimental  court-martial. 

30.  A  soldier  to  be  eligible  for  the  position  of  candidate  for  promotion 
must  be  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  unmarried,  between  21  and  30  years 
of  age  on  the  1st  of  September  following  his  preliminary  examination,  and 
of  good  moral  character  both  before  and  after  enlistment.  An  applicant 
will  not  be  ordered  for  the  preliminary  examination  unless  it  is  apparent 
that,  on  the  1st  of  September  next  following,  he  will  have  served  honorably 
not  less  than  two  years,  exclusive  of  technical  service  due  to  furlough  or 
other  absence  from  duty  in  his  own  interest;  nor  for  the  final  competitive 
examination  unless  he  shall  have  so  served.  Applications  will  be  made  to 
department  commanders  on  or  before  February  1  of  each  year,  and  com- 
pany commanders  in  forwarding  them  will  certify  all  furloughs  had  by 
applicants,  stating  under  what  authority  they  were  granted. 

31.  A  civilian  to  be  eligible  for  appointment  must  be  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States,  unmarried,  between  21  and  27  years  of  age, must  be  examined 
and  approved  as  to  habits,  moral  character,  mental  and  physical  ability, 
education,  and  general  fitness  for  the  service,  by  a  board  convened  and  con- 
stituted as  provided  in  paragraph  25  for  the  final  competitive  examination 
of  soldiers. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

Staff  Appointments  and  Details.    Military  Attaches. 

33.  As  far  as  practicable,  all  appointments  and  details  for  staff  duties 
will  be  equalized  among  the  several  regiments. 

33.  A  major-general  is  allowed  by  law  three  aids,  to  be  taken  from  cap- 
tains or  lieutenants  of  the  Arm5\  A  brigadier-general  is  allowed  two,  to  be 
taken  from  the  lieutenants  of  the  Army.  An  officer  assigned  to  duty  in 
accordance  with  his  brevet  rank  as  major-general  or  brigadier-general  may, 
with  the  special  sanction  of  the  War  Department,  be  allowed  the  aids  of  the 
grade.  General  officers  may  select  their  aids  from  officers  serving  in  their 
commands,  subject  to  the  restrictions  herein  prescribed,  but  appointments 
as  aids  of  officers  serving  without  such  limits  must  receive  the  approval  of 
the  Secretary  of  War.  An  officer  will  be  appointed  aid  to  a  general  officer 
only  after  he  shall  have  actually  served  with  troops  for  at  least  three  of  the 
five  years  immediately  preceding  such  appointment.  He  will  hold  such 
appointment  for  no  longer  period  than  four  years,  except  that,  upon  the 
request  of  a  general  officer  whose  retirement  by  reason  of  age  will  occur 
within  one  year,  the  tour  of  four  years  may  be  extended  by  the  Secretary 
of  War  to  the  date  of  such  retirement. 

34.  In  making  details  for  special  duty  and  detached  service,  due  con- 
sideration will  be  given  to  the  efficiency,  zeal,  and  reliability  of  officers  as 
evidenced  by  the  record  of  their  services. 

35.  An  officer  will  not  be  detached  from  his  regiment  or  corps  until  he 
has  served  at  least  three  years  therewith,  and  when  an  officer  shall  have 


6  ATTACHES CHAPLAINS — TRANSFERS. 

been  so  detached  for  a  period  of  four  jears,  unless  he  be  assigned  to  special 
duty  by  the  War  Department,  he  will  apply  for  orders  to  be  relieved. 

36.  An  officer  of  the  Army  serving  as  military  attache  abroad  will  be 
entitled  to  the  following  allowances :  A  suitably  furnished  office  when 
needed,  or  an  unfurnished  room  with  one  desk  or  table,  six  chairs,  one  book 
or  file  case,  the  articles  allowed  for  an  office  desk  by  Regulations,  and  the 
stationery  required  in  the  performance  of  public  duty,  to  be  furnished  by 
the  Quartermaster's  Department,  and  in  either  case  the  regulation  allow- 
ance of  fuel  for  one  office  fire.  Mounted  officers  will  be  allowed  forage  if 
horses  are  actually  kept,  and  officers  not  mounted,  or  mounted  officers  not 
drawing  forage,  the  hire  of  a  horse  when  necessary  for  mounted  duty. 
Necessary  funds  for  these  allowances  and  blank  forms  for  reports  and 
returns  will  be  procured  by  requisition  on  the  Quartermaster-General. 
Money  accounts  will  be  rendered  quarterly.  Items  for  necessary  cost  of 
exchange  will  be  entered  on  accounts  current,  the  entries  of  each  being 
supported  by  the  certificate  of  the  officer  that  current  rates  of  exchange 
were  paid  and  that  other  vouchers  are  not  obtainable.  Allowances  o^mile- 
age,  commutation  of  quarters,  and,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  1121, 
transportation,  are  the  same  as  when  on  other  duty. 

37.  All  publications  of  a  military  nature  issued  by  the  Government 
intended  for  delivery  abroad  will,  unless  otherwise  ordered,  be  sent  to  the 
War  Department,  marked,  "Division  of  Military  Information." 

ARTICLE  VII. 

Chaplains. 

38.  Post  chaplains  will  be  assigned  and  transferred  by  the  Secretary  of 
War. 

39.  Department  commanders  will  from  time  to  time  recommend  such 
transfers  of  chaplains  in  their  commands  as  may  be  deemed  for  the  best 
interests  of  the  service. 

40.  Chaplains  will  render  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  through 
the  usual  military  channels,  on  prescribed  forais,  monthly  reports  of  duties 
performed.  They  will  keep  an  accurate  record  of  all  marriage,  baptismal, 
and  funeral  services  performed  by  them,  both  for  persons  in  the  military 
service  and  for  civilians.  This  will  be  one  of  the  post  records,  and  will 
be  subject  to  examination  by  inspectors. 

4 1.  Chaplains  will  not  be  required  to  turn  out  with  troops  on  occasions  of 
ceremony,  but  will  be  inspected  at  post  chapels,  schoolrooms,  or  libraries, 
as  may  be  designated  by  post  commanders. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

Transfer  or  Exchange  of  Officers. 

42.  Officers  transferred  from  one  arm  or  corps  to  another,  on  mutual 
application,  will  be  nominated  for  reappointment  with  rank  as  of  the  date 
of  the  commission  of  the  junior  officer  previous  to  the  transfer,  and  upon 
confii-mation  will  be  recommissioned  accordingly.  An  officer  of  the  lowest 
grade  in  any  arm  or  corps  who  may  be  transferred,  on  his  own  application, 
to  a  vacancy  in  his  grade  in  any  other  arm  or  corps  will  take  rank  next  after 
the  junior  officer  of  the  arm  or  corps  to  which  he  is  transferred,  and  vdll  be 


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nominated  for  reappointment,  with  a  new  date  of  rank  if  necessary  to  fix  his 
proper  position,  and  upon  confirmation  will  be  recommissioned  accordingly. 
These  new  appointments  and  commissions  will  determine  the  rank  of  trans- 
ferred officers  in  their  regiments  and  corps,  as  well  as  in  the  Army. 

43.  OfiBcers  in  each  arm  of  the  service  will  be  transferred  from  one  regi- 
ment to  another  therein,  as  the  interests  of  the  service  require,  b}^  orders 
from  the  War  Department,  without  change  of  rank  or  commission.  The 
transfer  or  exchange  of  company  officers  of  a  regiment  will  be  made  by  the 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

Leaves  of  Absence  to  Officers, 
ordinary  leaves. 

44.  In  time  of  peace  the  commander  of  a  post  may  grant  leaves  of  absence 
not  to  exceed  seven  days  at  one  time,  or  in  the  same  month;  and  he  may 
give  permission  to  apply  to  the  proper  authority  for  extension  of  such  leaves 
for  a  period  not  to  exceed  twenty- three  days. 

45.  The  commander  of  a  post  may  take  leave  of  absence  not  to  exceed 
seven  days  at  one  time,  or  in  the  same  month,  reporting  the  fact  to  his  next 
superior  commander. 

46.  A  department  commander  may  grant  leaves  for  one  month  and  the 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army  for  two  months;  or  they  may  extend  to 
such  periods  those  granted  by  subordinate  commanders.  Applications  for 
leaves  of  more  than  two  months'  duration,  or  from  officers  of  the  staff  corps 
and  departments  for  more  than  one  month,  or  from  department  commanders 
desiring  leaves  of  absence  to  pass  beyond  the  territorial  limits  of  their  com- 
mands, will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  the 
action  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

47.  An  application  for  leave  must  state  its  desired  duration.  Interme- 
diate commanders  will  indorse  their  recommendations  upon  the  application. 

48.  Chiefs  of  bureaus  may  grant  leaves  for  one  month  to  officers  of  their 
respective  corps  serving  under  their  immediate  direction,  or  extend  to  that 
period  those  already  granted  to  such  officers. 

49.  Leaves  of  absence  for  three  months,  from  date  of  graduation,  will  be 
allowed  to  graduatei^of  the  Military  Academy.  They  will  not  be  counted 
against  them  in  subsequent  applications  for  leave,  but  can  not  be  postponed 
to  another  time. 

50.  Leaves  of  absence  will  not  be  granted  so  that  a  company  will  be  left 
without  a  commissioned  officer,  or  a  post  without  two  commissioned  officers 
and  competent  medical  attendance:  nor  will  leave  of  absence  be  granted  to 
an  officer  during  the  season  of  active  operations,  except  in  case  of  urgent 
necessity. 

51.  Leave  of  absence  exceeding  seven  days,  except  under  extraordinary 
circumstances  particularly  stated  in  the  application,  will  not  be  granted  to 
an  officer  until  he  has  joined  his  regiment  or  corps,  and  served  therein  at 
least  two  years. 

52.  Applications  for  leaves  of  absence  will  not  be  made  except  through 
military  channels,  nor  will  extensions  be  granted  unless  recommended  by 
competent  authority. 


8  LEAVES    OF    ABSENCE. 

53.  Leaves  of  absence  will  be  granted  in  terms  of  months  and  days,  as 
"  one  month,"  "  one  month  and  ten  daj^s."  Leave  for  one  month,  beginning 
on  the  first  day  of  a  calendar  month,  will  expire  with  the  last  day  of  the 
month,  whatever  its  number  of  days.  Commencing  on  an  intermediate 
day,  the  leave  will  expire  the  day  preceding  the  same  day  of  the  next  month. 
The  day  of  departure,  whatever  the  hour,  is  counted  as  a  day  of  duty;  the 
day  of  return,  as  a  day  of  absence. 

54.  A  leave  of  absence  commences  on  the  day  following  that  on  which 
the  officer  departs  from  his  proper  station.  The  expiration  of  his  leave  must 
find  him  at  his  post,  except  as  indicated  in  paragraph  1331.  A  leave  of 
absence  granted  an  officer  in  the  field,  or  on  special  duty,  will  take  effect 
on  the  termination  of  the  campaign,  or  on  the  completion  of  such  duty, 
unless  in  the  opinion  of  the  department  commander  his  services  can  sooner 
be  spared,  in  w^hich  case  it  will  take  effect  at  such  time  as  the  department 
commander  may  direct.  In  all  other  cases  an  officer  is  expected  to  avail  him- 
self of  a  leave  as  soon  as  proper  facilities  offer,  unless  a  specific  date  is  stated 
in  the  order,  and  if  unable  to  do  so,  he  will  report  the  fact  to  the  au^ority 
granting  the  leave. 

55.  Officers  will  not  leave  the  United  States  to  go  beyond  the  sea,  with- 
out permission  from  the  War  Department. 

56.  An  officer  of  the  Army  visiting  foreign  countries,  whether  on  duty 
or  leave,  will  avail  himself  of  all  proper  opportunities  to  obtain  military 
information,  especially  such  as  pertains  to  his  branch  of  the  service.  He 
will  report  the  results  of  his  observations  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army  on  his  return  to  duty,  or  sooner  if  practicable. 

57.  An  officer  granted  leave  of  absence  for  more  than  seven  days  will, 
before  taking  advantage  thereof,  report  to  his  post  and  regimental  or  corps 
commander  and  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  the  probable  date  of 
his  departure  and  his  new  address,  and  thereafter  he  will  immediately  report 
any  change  in  his  address  to  the  same  officers.  Verbal  permits  for  less  than 
twenty-four  hours  are  not  counted  as  leaves  of  absence,  but  every  other 
absence,  of  whatever  duration,  with  date  of  departure  and  return,  will  be 
noted  on  the  post  regimental  and  department  returns. 

58.  Permission  to  hunt  will  not  be  considered  as  a  leave  of  absence  if  the 
officer  on  his  return  to  the  station  forwards  to  department  headquarters, 
through  his  commanding  officer,  a  certificate  that  his  time  while  absent  was 
employed  solely  in  hunting,  and  furnishes  a  report  giving  as  complete  a 
description  as  possible  of  the  country  traversed  by  him. 

59.  All  applications  for  extensions  of  leaves  of  absence  or  for  delays,  and 
all  correspondence  regarding  them,  will  pass  through  military  channels. 

SICK   LEAVES. 

60.  Application  for  leave  of  absence  on  account  of  sickness  will  be  made 
to  the  commanding  officer,  who  will  refer  it  to  the  surgeon.  The  surgeon 
will  examine  the  applicant  and  should  he  find  the  leave  necessary  to  restore 
health,  he  wall  submit  to  the  commanding  officer  a  medical  certificate  in  the 
prescribed  form,  stating  explicitly  the  nature,  seat,  and  degree  of  the  disease, 
wound,  or  disability,  the  cause  thereof  if  known,  and  the  period  during  which 
the  officer  has  suffered  from  it.  He  will  also  give  his  opinion  as  to  whether 
the  disease,  wound,  or  disability  can  be  satisfactorily  treated  within  the 
department  in  which  the  officer  is  stationed,  or  whether  a  change  of  climate 


LEAVES    OF    ABSENCE TRAVELING    ON    DUTY.  9 

or  locality  within  the  United  States  is  necessary  to  afford  more  rapid  or  per- 
fect recovery,  in  which  case  the  special  place  or  region  recommended  will  be 
designated,  with  reasons  therefor.  The  surgeon  will  also  state  whether,  in 
his  opinion,  the  disease,  wound,  or  disability  requires  treatment  by  a  spe- 
cialist, and,  if  so,  the  nearest  place  where  it  can  be  obtained;  also  whether  the 
wound  or  disease  incapacitates  the  officer  from  all  duty,  or  whether  he  can 
perform  special  duty,  and,  if  so,  the  kind  that  he  may  undertake  without 
endangering  his  ultimate  cure. 

61.  The  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  and  department  commanders 
have  the  same  authority  to  grant  leaves  of  absence  on  account  of  sickness 
as  to  grant  ordinary  leaves.  Permission  to  go  beyond  the  limits  of  the  com- 
mand in  which  the  applicant  is  stationed  will  be  given  only  when  the  certifi- 
cate of  the  medical  officer  shall  state  explicitly  that  it  is  necessary  to  afford 
rapid  or  perfect  recovery. 

62.  On  the  expiration  of  a  sick  leave,  if  the  officer  be  able  to  travel,  he 
will  proceed  to  his  post  or  station.  If  an  extension  of  such  leave  be  neces- 
sary, he  will  make  timely  application  therefor  through  the  same  channel  as 
in  case  of  request  for  extension  of  ordinary  leave,  basing  his  application  upon 
a  medical  certificate  in  prescribed  form.  When  he  can  not  procure  the  cer- 
tificate of  a  medical  officer  he  will  substitute  his  own  certificate,  on  honor, 
as  to  his  condition,  which  will  embrace  a  full  statement  of  his  case.  While 
absent  from  duty  he  will  make  report  in  the  same  manner  as  if  on  ordinary 
leave. 

63.  An  officer  who  starts  to  join  his  station  at  the  expiration  of  a  sick 
leave  will  be  reported  on  the  rolls  and  returns  as  "en  route  to  join  station 
from  sick  leave  of  absence,"  during  the  time  necessarily  consumed  in  mak- 
ing the  journey  to  his  post.  Should  he  delay  en  route,  or  consume  more 
time  in  the  journey  than  is  necessary,  the  commanding  officer  will  require 
him  to  explain  in  writing  the  cause  of  delay.  This  explanation  will  be 
forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  with  the  remarks  of  inter- 
mediate commanders. 

64.  An  ordinary  leave  will  not  be  changed  to  a  sick  leave,  unless  the  offi- 
cer desiring  it  make  application  therefor  through  his  post  commander,  by 
whom  it  will  be  referred  to  the  surgeon,  who  will  certify  as  to  the  neces- 
sity of  the  change,  or  otherwise,  as  the  case  may  be.  The  post  commander 
will  forward  the  application  through  intermediate  commanders,  who  will 
indorse  their  remarks  thereon  for  the  action  of  the  Commanding  General  of 
Army  or  the  Secretary  of  War.  In  all  reports  concerning  absence  on 
account  of  sickness  the  officer  will  state  how  long  he  has  been  absent  sick, 
and  by  what  authority. 

ARTICLE  X. 

Officers  Traveling  on  Duty. 

65.  When  an  officer  is  ordered  without  troops  from  one  post  of  duty  to 
another,  he  will  proceed  by  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route,  without 
unnecessary  delay.  Upon  his  arrival  at  his  new  post  he  will  immediately 
report  in  writing  to  the  commanding  officer  the  date  of  his  departure  from  his 
former  station,  and  submit  a  copy  of  his  order,  noting  thereon  the  date  he 
received  it.  If  he  shall  appear  to  have  made  unnecessary  delay  en  route,  he 
will  be  required  to  explain  the  cause  thereof.  If  the  post  commander  deem 
the  explanation  unsatisfactory,  he  will  forward  the  same,  with  a  statement 


10  TRAVELING  ON  DUTY RETIREMENTS. 

of  the  facts  in  the  case,  to  the  department  commander.  If  the  officer  be 
superior  in  rank  to  the  post  commander,  the  required  report  will  be  made 
by  the  officer  himself  to  the  department  commander. 

66.  Orders  detaching  an  officer  for  special  duty  will  direct  him  to  return 
to  his  proper  station  on  the  completion  of  the  duty  assigned  him,  when  it  is 
intended  that  he  shall  do  so. 

67.  Delays  in  obeying  orders,  in  reporting  for  duty,  or  in  returning  to 
duty  from  leave  can  not  be  authorized  except  bj'  the  Secretary  of  War  or 
the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army.  Such  delays  will  be  regarded  as 
leaves  of  absence,  unless  it  be  stated  in  the  order  granting  them  that  they 
are  in  the  interest  of  the  public  service. 

68.  Orders  contemplating  the  payment  of  mileage  must  state  the  special 
duty  enjoined,  and  that  the  travel  directed  is  necessar}'-  for  the  public  serv- 
ice. They  will  not  direct  travel  beyond  the  limits  of  the  command  of  the 
officer  who  issues  them.  When  a  general  officer  is  ordered  on  duty  bej^ond 
the  limits  of  his  command,  he  may  order  an  officer  of  his  staff  to  accom- 
pany him;  if  ordered  to  change  station,  he  may  order  the  necessary  change 
of  station  of  his  personal  staff.  * 

69.  Staff  officers  not  serving  under  department  commanders  ^vill  apply 
to  the  War  Department  for  orders  directing  necessary  travel  on  public  busi- 
ness. 

"70.  When  urgent  public  duty  has  compelled  travel,  without  authority 
previously  obtained,  the  case  will  be  immediately  reported  to  the  proper 
superior  officer,  whose  approval  in  subsequent  orders  will  be  accepted  as 
though  previously  issued. 

7\,  Orders  directing  officers  to  visit  Washington  for  the  settlement  of 
their  accounts  will  be  issued  only  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

72.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  reporting  as  witnesses  before  a  civil  court 
should  receive  from  the  civdl  authorities  the  necessary  expenses  incurred  in 
travel  and  attendance.  Neither  mileage  nor  travel  allowances  ^vill  be  paid 
in  such  cases  by  the  War  Department.  If,  however,  it  is  absolutely  neces- 
sary to  furnish  them  transportation  in  kind  to  enable  them  to  appear,  as 
witnesses  for  the  Government,  before  a  civil  court  of  the  United  States,  an 
account  of  such  expenditure,  together  w^th  the  evidence  that  they  were 
properly  subpoenaed  and  did  attend  the  court,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  War 
Department  for  presentation  to  the  Department  of  Justice.  Officers  provid- 
ing such  transportation  will  notify  the  court,  or  the  marshal  thereof,  that  it 
was  furnished  to  enable  the  witnesses  to  perform  the  requisite  journeys  in 
obedience  to  the  summons. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

Retirement  of  Officers. 

73.  When  an  officer  becomes  disabled  for  the  performance  of  duty  by 
reason  of  wounds,  sickness,  or  improper  habits,  his  immediate  commander 
will  report  the  facts  to  the  department  commander  for  the  action  of  the 
War  Department.  The  report  in  each  case  will  contain  specific  statements 
and  the  names  of  witnesses  by  whom  they  can  be  substantiated. 

74.  Habitual  intemperance,  gambling,  or  other  vices  that  tend  to  cor- 
rupt an  officer  and  lower  the  professional  standard,  will  be  regarded  as 
proper  subjects  for  the  consideration  and  report  of  a  retiring  board. 


RETIREMENTS RESIGNATIONS DECEASED    OFFICERS.     11 

75,  When  ample  testimony  establishes  the  fact  that  an  officer  has  through 
vicious  indulgence  slighted  or  neglected  his  duties  to  such  a  degree  as  to 
make  it  unsafe  to  intrust  him  with  a  command,  or  with  responsibility  that 
properly  belongs  to  his  grade,  and  when  it  is  shown  that  such  habits  have 
continued  for  such  length  of  time  as  to  render  permanent  reformation  im- 
probable, this  fact,  rather  than  his  condition  when  he  appears  before  the 
board,  shall  weigh  in  its  verdict  as  to  his  incapacity  for  active  duty. 

76.  The  uniform  of  an  officer  on  the  retired  list  is  that  of  his  actual  rank 
in  his  regiment  or  corps  when  retired,  except  that  the  number  of  the  regi- 
ment or  insignia  of  corps  or  department  will  not  be  worn.  A  retired  officer 
with  brevet  commission,  either  in  the  regular  or  volunteer  service  of  the 
Army  of  the  United  States,  may  wear  the  uniform  of  his  highest  brevet 
grade,  and  an  officer  who  has  held  a  commission,  not  brevet,  in  the  volun- 
teer service,  may  wear  the  uniform  of  his  highest  grade  in  that  service  except 
that  "the  number  of  the  regiment  or  insignia  of  corps  or  department  will 
not  be  worn. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

Resignation  of  Officers. 

'77,  A  resignation  tendered  by  an  officer  will  be  forwarded  by  his  com- 
manding officer,  through  prescribed  channels,  to  the  Adjutant-General  of 
the  Army  for  the  decision  of  the  President.  Until  duly  accepted,  the  officer 
will  not  be  considered  as  out  of  the  service. 

78.  A  resignation  tendered  under  charges  will  be  forwarded,  accompa- 
nied by  a  report  of  the  case,  or  if  practicable,  a  copy  of  the  charges.  All 
correspondence  with  the  War  Department,  on  the  part  of  the  officer  who 
tenders  the  resignation,  will  be  conducted  through  prescribed  channels. 

79.  Leave  of  absence  will  not  be  granted  on  tender  of  resignation  unless 
the  resignation  be  unconditional  and  immediate.  When  leave  is  requested, 
the  officer's  address  will  accompany  the  resignation. 

80.  An  officer  of  the  Army  on  the  active  list  who  accepts  or  exercises 
the  functions  of  a  civil  office  thereby  ceases  to  be  an  officer  of  the  Army. 
An  officer  on  the  active  list  can  not  lawfully  accept  or  hold  any  office  cre- 
ated by  State  statutes,  whether  in  State  military  organizations  or  otherwise. 

ARTICLE  XIIL 

Deceased  Officers. 

81.  The  death  of  an  officer,  with  place,  cause,  day,  and  hour,  will  be 
reported  without  delay  by  his  immediate  commander  direct  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army.  A  duplicate  of  this  report  will  be  forwarded  to 
department  headquarters.  When  the  death  occurs  away  from  the  officer's 
station,  in  hospital  or  on  leave,  the  medical  officer,  if  one  be  present,  or  any 
officer  having  cognizance  of  the  fact,  will  make  the  report. 

82.  Inventories  of  the  effects  of  deceased  officers,  as  required  by  the 
125th  Article  of  War.  will  be  transmitted  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army.  If  legal  representatives  take  possession  of  the  effects  the  fact  will 
be  stated  in  the  inventory. 

83.  If  there  be  no  legal  representatives  present  to  receive  the  effects,  a 
list  of  them  will  be  sent  to  the  nearest  relative  of  the  deceased.     At  the  end 


12  DECEASED  OFFICERS — COLLEGE  DETAILS. 

of  two  months,  if  not  called  for,  they  will  be  sold  at  auction  and  accounted 
for  as  in  the  case  of  deceased  soldiers,  except  that  swords,  watches,  trinkets, 
and  similar  articles  will  be  labeled  with  the  name,  rank,  regiment,  and  date 
of  death  of  the  owner,  and  sent  through  the  Adjutant-General  to  the  Audi- 
tor for  the  War  Department  for  the  benefit  of  the  heirs. 

84.  On  the  death  of  an  officer  in  charge  of  public  property  or  funds,  his 
commanding  officer  will  appoint  a  board  of  survey,  which  will  inventory 
the  same,  and  make  the  customary  returns  therefor,  stating  accurately 
amounts  and  condition.  These  the  commanding  officer  will  forward  to  the 
chiefs  of  the  bureaus  to  which  the  property  or  funds  pertain,  and  he  Avill 
d-esignate  an  officer  to  take  charge  of  such  property  or  funds  until  orders  in 
the  case  are  received  from  the  proper  authority. 

85.  The  remains  of  officers  killed  in  action,  or  who  die  when  on  duty 
in  the  field  or  at  military  posts,  or  when  traveling  under  orders,  will  be 
decently  inclosed  in  coffins,  and  unless  claimed  by  relatives  or  friends,  will 
be  transported  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  the  nearest  military 
post  or  national  cemetery  for  burial.  The  expense  of  transporting  the 
remains  is  payable  from  the  appropriation  for  Army  transportation  ;  other 
expenses  of  burial  are  limited  to  $75.  If  buried  at  the  place  of  death,  the 
fact  will  be  reported  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

Details  to  Colleges. 

86.  Officers  of  the  Army  may  be  detailed  to  act  as  superintendents  or 
professors  of  established  military  institutes,  seminaries  or  academies,  col- 
leges or  universities.  Officers  desiring  such  details  may  apply  to  the  Adju- 
tant-General of  the  Army  through  regular  channels. 

87.  Officers  serving  with  light  batteries,  regimental  staff  officers,  officers 
who  have  served  less  than  five  years  in  the  Army  or  less  than  three  years 
with  their  regiments  or  corps,  those  who  have  recently  completed  a  tour 
of  detached  duty,  and  officers  on  duty  as  instructors  or  students  at  the 
service  schools  will  not  be  eligible. 

88.  A  retired  officer  may,  at  his  own  request,  be  detailed  for  this  duty, 
or  he  may  arrange  to  serve  at  a  college  without  detail  from,  or  reference 
to,  the  War  Department. 

89.  No  detail  will  be  made  to  any  college  or  university  unless  the  officer 
is  acceptable  to  the  authorities  of  the  institution. 

OO.  Instructions  to  officers  detailed  under  paragraph  86,  and  regulations 
concerning  applications  for  officers,  apportionment  of  details,  and  the  issue 
of  the  ordnance  stores  authorized  by  law,  will  be  furnished  by  the  War 
Department. 

ARTICLE  XV. 

The  Post  Noncommissioned  Staff. 

91.  The  post  noncommissioned  staff  consists  of  ordnance,  commissary, 
and  post  quartermaster  sergeants.  They  are  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of 
War,  after  due  examination,  from  sergeants  in  the  line  of  the  Army; 
ordnance  sergeants  from  those  who  have  served  at  least  eight  years  in  the 
ALrmy,  including  four  years  as  noncommissioned  officers,  and  who  are  less 


POST   NONCOMMISSIONED  STAFF.  13 

than  45  years  of  age  ;  commissary  sergeants,  from  those  who  have  served 
five  years  in  the  Army,  including  three  years  as  noncommissioned  officers ; 
post  quartermaster-sergeants,  from  those  who  have  served  four  years  in  the 
Army. 

92.  An  application  for  appointment  must  be  in  the  handwriting  of  the 
applicant,  and  will  briefly  state  the  length  and  nature  of  his  military  serv- 
ice, and  for  what  time  and  in  what  organizations  he  has  served  as  a  non- 
commissioned officer.  The  company  commander  will  indorse  thereon  the 
character  of  the  applicant,  and  his  opinion  as  to  his  intelligence  and  fitness 
for  the  position.  The  application  so  indorsed  will  be  submitted  to  the  regi- 
mental commander,  who  will  forward  the  same,  with  his  remarks  as  to  the 
merits  of  the  applicant,  to  the  Adjutant-GJ-eneral  of  the  Army. 

93.  While  the  law  contemplates  in  these  appointments  the  better  preser- 
vation of  public  property  at  the  several  posts,  there  is  also  a  further  con- 
sideration— that  of  offering  a  reward  to  faithful  and  well-tried  sergeants, 
thus  giving  encouragement  to  deserving  soldiers  to  hope  for  substantial  pro- 
motion. Colonels  and  captains  can  not  be  too  particular  in  investigating 
and  reporting  upon  the  character  and  qualifications  of  applicants. 

94.  Before  the  applicant  is  appointed  he  will  be  examined  by  a  board  of 
officers  convened  for  the  purpose  by  the  department  commander  under 
orders  from  the  Secretary  of  War. 

95.  Preliminary  to  the  examination  by  the  board,  the  applicant  will  be 
examined  by  a  medical  officer,  to  determine  whether  he  is  physically  fitted 
to  perform  all  duties  incident  to  the  position  sought. 

96.  The  examining  board  will  inquire  into,  and  report  upon,  the  age, 
character,  service,  and  physical  condition  of  the  applicant ;  upon  his  educa- 
tion, clerical  proficiency,  and  general  fitness  to  perform  the  duties  of  the 
position  sought ;  upon  his  knowledge  of  Army  Regulations  and  the  regula- 
tions of  the  department  which  he  seeks  to  enter. 

97.  Before  assignment  to  posts,  ordnance  sergeants  will  be  sent  to  arse- 
nals, when  practicable,  for  temporary  duty  and  instruction. 

9§.  The  stations  of  post  noncommissioned  staff  officers  will  be  designated 
by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

99.  A  sergeant  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  will  assist  the  officer 
of  his  department,  and  will  not  be  detailed  upon  any  service  that  will  inter- 
fere therewith.  If  the  necessities  of  the  service  require  such  detail,  the  post 
commander  will  note  the  fact,  with  reasons  therefor,  on  the  sergeant's 
monthly  personal  report. 

100.  A  sergeant  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  at  an  ungarrisoned 
post  or  station  will  be  responsible  for  the  property  of  his  own  department, 
and  for  such  other  property  as  may  be  intrusted  to  him  for  safe-keeping. 
For  all  public  property  committed  to  his  charge  he  will  account  to  the  heads 
of  the  staff  departments  concerned,  and  if  the  means  at  his  disposal  are  insuf- 
ficient for  its  preservation,  he  will  report  the  facts. 

101.  The  military  control  of  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  general 
staff  serving  at  posts  not  occupied  by  troops  is  vested  in  the  commander  of 
the  territorial  department  in  which  they  are  serving.  All  matters  relating 
to  them  as  soldiers  subject  to  military  command,  as  distinguished  from  the 
administrative  duties  imposed  iipon  them  by  regulations  and  orders,  will, 


14      POST  NONCOMMISSIONED  STAFF DETACHED  SOLDIERS. 

except  in  cases  of  re-enlistment,  be  determined  at  department  headquarters, 
where  their  descriptive  lists  and  accounts  of  pay  and  clothing  will  be  kept. 
When  they  are  discharged  a  copy  of  the  descriptive  list,  upon  which  will  be 
noted  the  fact  of  discharge,  with  the  date,  place  and  cause,  and  the  character 
given  on  the  discharge  certificate,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General 
of  the  Army. 

102.  Each  sergeant  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  will  make  such 
personal  reports  as  may  be  required  by  the  head  of  the  staff  department  to 
which  he  belongs.  The  officer  under  whose  orders  he  is  serving  will  indorse 
on  each  report  his  opinion  of  the  manner  in  which  the  sergeant  has  performed 
his  duties,  and  the  post  commander  will  forward  the  report  direct  to  the 
chief  of  bureau.  If,  there  be  no  troops  at  the  post,  the  sergeant  will  for- 
ward the  report  direct  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

103.  A  sergeant  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  may  be  re-enlisted, 
provided  he  shall  have  conducted  himself  properly  and  performed  his  duties 
in  a  satisfactory  manner.  If,  however,  his  commanding  officer  shall  not 
think  it  proper  to  make  the  re-enlistment,  he  will  communicate  his  reasons  to 
the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  in  time  to  receive  the  decision  of  the  War 
Department  before  the  sergeant's  discharge.  If  serving  at  an  ungarrisoned 
post,  application  for  re-enlistment  will  be  made  by  the  sergeant  to  the  Adju- 
tant-General of  the  Army,  through  department  headquarters.  One  of  the 
duplicate  re-enlistment  papers  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of 
the  Army ;  the  other  will  be  filed  at  the  sergeant's  station,  if  a  garrisoned 
post,  or  if  not,  at  the  headquarters  of  the  department  in  which  he  is  serv- 
ing. 

104.  Sergeants  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff,  though  liable  to  dis- 
charge for  inefficiency  or  misconduct,  will  not  be  reduced. 

ARTICLE  XVL 

Detached  Soldier's. 

lOeS.  Enlisted  men  detached  from  their  companies  will  be  pro^dded  with 
descriptive  lists  showing  the  pay  due  them,  the  condition  of  their  clothing 
allowances,  and  all  information  necessary  to  the  settlement  of  their  accounts 
with  the  Government  should  thej^  be  discharged.  When  it  can  be  avoided, 
the  descriptive  list  will  not  be  intrusted  to  the  soldier,  but  to  an  officer  or 
noncommissioned  officer,  under  whose  charge  he  may  be  serving,  or  it  may 
be  forwarded  by  mail.  The  immediate  commanding  officer  will  note  upon 
the  descriptive  lists  the  date  and  result  of  the  last  vaccination  of  each  soldier. 

ARTICLE  XVII. 

Furloughs  to  Soldiers. 

106.  Furloughs  in  the  prescribed  form  for  periods  of  twenty  days  may 
be  granted  to  enlisted  men  by  commanding  officers  of  posts,  or  by  regi- 
mental commanders,  if  the  companies  to  which  they  belong  are  under  their 
control.    A  furlough  will  not  be  granted  to  a  soldier  about  to  be  discharged. 

107.  Department  commanders  may  grant  furloughs  to  enlisted  men.  ser- 
geants of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  excepted,  for  two  months,  and  the 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army  for  four  months,  or  they  may  extend  to  such 
periods  furloughs  already  granted.  For  a  longer  period  than  four  months 
the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War  is  necessary.     Permission  to  delay 


FURLOUGHS TRANSFER    OF    ENLISTED    MEN.  15 

may  be  granted  to  enlisted  men  traveling  under  orders  as  authorized  for 
furloughs.  The  conditions  under  which  furloughs  to  soldiers  on  re-enlist- 
ment are  authorized  vnU.  be  announced  from  time  to  time  in  orders. 

10§.  Furloughs  to  sergeants  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff,  or  to 
enlisted  men  acting  as  such,  maybe  granted  as  follows  :  By  a  post  comman- 
der for  seven  days  in  case  of  emergency  only ;  by  a  department  commander 
for  one  month.  Application  for  furlough  for  a  longer  period  will  be  for- 
warded to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  the  decision  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War. 

109.  Furloughs  will  not  be  granted  by  commanding  officers  permitting 
soldiers  to  go  beyond  the  limits  of  the  next  higher  command.  To  enable 
them  to  pass  such  limits  the  sanction  of  higher  authority  must  be  obtained 
and  indorsed  on  the  furloughs.  The  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War  must 
be  obtained  to  allow  an  enlisted  man  on  furlough  to  leave  the  United  States. 
The  limits  prescribed  will  be  stated  in  the  furlough,  and  if  exceeded,  it  may 
be  revoked  and  the  soldier  arrested.  A  company  commander  in  forwarding 
an  application  for  furlough  will  state  previous  absences  on  furlough,  and 
the  authority  therefor. 

no.  On  the  application  of  a  soldier  on  furlough,  made  at  the  nearest 
military  station  and  showing  clearly  the  urgency  of  his  case,  a  department 
commander  may  order  transportation  and  subsistence  to  be  furnished  to 
enable  him  to  rejoin  his  proper  station,  and  the  company  commander  will 
charge  the  cost  thereof  against  the  soldier's  pay  on  the  next  muster  and 
pay  roll,  in  accordance  with  paragraphs  1083  and  1277.  The  date  of  the 
•ipplication  will  be  entered  on  the  furlough. 

1 11.  A  soldier  who  has  returned  from  furlough  to  the  station  from  which 
furloughed,  his  company  having  in  his  absence  changed  station,  is  entitled 
to  transportation  at  the  expense  of  the  Government  to  the  new  station  of  his 
company. 

112.  Soldiers  on  furlough  will  not  take  with  them  their  arms  or  accoutre- 
ments, and  no  payments  will  be  made  to  them  without  authority  from  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

ARTICLE  XVIII. 

Transfer  of  Enlisted  Men. 

113.  Transfers  of  enlisted  men  will  be  made  for  cogent  reasons  only. 
They  will  be  effected  as  follows: 

1.  From  one  company  to  another  of  the  same  regiment,  not  involving 
change  of  station,  by  the  colonel.  In  cases  involving  change,  then  by  the 
colonel  with  the  consent  of  the  department  commander  if  change  of  station 
is  within  department  limits. 

2.  From  one  regiment  to  another,  and  between  companies  of  the  same 
regiment  serving  in  different  military  departments,  by  the  Commanding 
General  of  the  Army. 

3.  In  all  other  cases,  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

114.  A  transfer  will  take  effect  on  the  receipt  of  the  order  at  the  post 
where  the  soldier  is  serving,  and  a  descriptive  list  containing  the  date  of 
transfer  will  be  forwarded  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  company  or 
detachment  to  which  the  soldier  is  transferred. 


16  DESERTERS. 

ARTICLE  XIX. 
Deserters. 

115.  "When  a  soldier  deserts,  a  board  of  survey  will  be  called  to  ascer- 
tain whether  he  has  lost  or  abstracted  any  articles  of  Government  prop- 
erty, and  if  so,  to  determine  the  money  valne  of  the  same.  The  value  of 
the  articles  thus  found  to  be  missing  will  be  charged  against  the  deserter 
on  the  next  muster  and  pay-roll  of  his  company,  which  will  be  accom- 
panied by  a  copy  of  the  board's  report.  A  copy  of  so  much  of  the  proceed- 
ings as  relates  to  the  property  charged  on  any  roll  will  accompany  the 
return  to  which  the  property  pertains.  The  board  will  also  fully  investi- 
gate the  circumstances  attending  desertion,  especially  the  causes  which 
induced  it,  and  make  a  separate  report  in  each  case  of  its  investigation  and 
conclusions  thereon,  which  will  be  transmitted  to  department  headquarters 
through  intermediate  channels. 

116.  Department  commanders  will  carefully  consider  the  special  reports 
made  in  accordance  with  the  foregoing  paragraph,  and  on  or  before  the  1st 
of  August  of  each  year,  forward  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army 
reports  of  the  desertions  which  have  occurred  within  their  commands 
during  the  preceding  fiscal  year,  with  an  ex^Dression  of  their  views  as  to  the 
causes  of  the  same  and  the  measures  which  should  be  taken  to  prevent  their 
recuiTence.  Commanders  of  posts  and  officers  in  charge  of  recruiting  sta- 
tions will  take  prompt  action  to  arrest  all  deserters  amenable  to  trial  and 
punishment. 

117".  Deserters  received  at  recruiting  stations,  if  physically  fit  for  service, 
will  be  sent  at  once  to  such  military  post  as  the  commander  of  the  depart- 
ment in  which  the  arrest  or  delivery  is  made  may  designate,  provided,  how- 
ever, that  recruit  deserters  and  deserters  physically  disqualified  for  service 
will  be  held  at  the  recruiting  stations,  and  direct  telegraphic  report  made 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  w^th  request  for  instructions.  The 
necessary  transportation  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment. 

118.  Soldiers  deserting  from  and  deserters  received  at  a  post  other  than 
the  station  of  the  companies  or  detachments  to  which  they  belong  will  be 
reported  by  the  commanding  officer  of  such  post  to  the  commanding  officers 
of  their  companies  or  detachments. 

119.  When  a  report  is  received  of  the  apprehension  or  surrender  of  a 
deserter  at  a  post  other  than  the  station  of  his  company,  his  company  com- 
mander will  immediately  forward  his  descriptive  list  and  account  of  pay 
and  clothing  to  the  officer  making  the  report. 

120.  When  a  deserter  surrenders  or  is  delivered  at  a  military  post  the 
post  commander  will  cause  immediate  inquiry  to  be  made  in  regard  to 
dates  of  enlistment  and  desertion,  and  if  these  indicate  that  trial  is  barred 
by  law,  and  the  deserter  claims  to  have  been  within  the  limits  of  the  United 
States  during  two  years  of  his  absence  in  desertion  and  there  is  no  attaina- 
ble evidence  in  disproof  thereof,  will  require  him  to  file  an  affidavit  assert- 
ing his  claim,  will  immediately  set  him  at  liberty  with  instructions  to  apply 
by  letter  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  a  "deserter's  release," 
and  will  then  report  his  action  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  trans- 
mitting with  the  report  the  affidavit  above  mentioned. 


DESERTERS.  17 

121.  An  enlisted  man  apprehended  or  surrendering  as  a  deserter,  and 
whose  trial  for  desertion  is  not  barred  by  the  statute  of  limitations,  will  be 
examined  by  a  medical  officer  at  the  post  where  he  is  received,  and  a  report 
of  this  examination  will  be  forwarded  to  department  headquarters.  If,  on 
account  of  disease,  age,  or  other  permanent  disability,  the  man  is  found  unfit 
for  service,  the  report,  with  the  department  commander's  recommendation 
thereon,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  If  the 
examination  shows  that  the  man  is  fit  for  service,  the  department  com- 
mander will  bring  him  to  trial,  or  restore  him  to  duty  mthout  trial,  as  the 
interests  of  the  Government  may  dictate. 

122.  Whenever  a  desertion  occurs  at  a  post,  the  commanding  officer  ^vill 
cause  a  number  of  descriptive  lists  of  the  deserter  to  be  i^repared  on  the 
special  form  prescribed.  Copies  of  this  list  will  be  sent  at  once  to  such 
marshals,  sheriffs,  and  police  officers  as  the  commanding  officer  may  deem 
proper ;  also  to  the  officer  in  charge  of  any  recruiting  station  at  or  near 
the  deserter's  place  of  enlistment,  w^ho  will  distribute  them  to  the  best 
advantage  among  civil  officers  in  that  vicinity  authorized  by  existing  law 
to  summarily  arrest  deserters  from  the  Army. 

123.  A  post  commander  will  promptly  notify  the  surgeon  of  every  deser- 
tion from  his  command,  giving  the  full  name,  company,  and  regiment  of 
the  deserter,  with  dates  of  enlistment  and  desertion,  and  the  surgeon  will 
at  once  report  the  case  to  the  Surgeon-General  direct.  When  there  is  no 
surgeon  on  duty  at  the  post,  the  post  commander  will  make  the  report  to 
the  Surgeon-General.  Blanks  for  this  purpose  will  be  furnished  by  the 
Medical  Department. 

124.  A  reward  of  $10  will  be  paid  to  any  ci\'il  officer  having  the  proper 
authority  for  the  apprehension  and  delivery  to  the  proper  military  author- 
ities at  a  military  station  (or  at  some  convenient  point  as  near  thereto  as 
can  be  agreed  upon)  of  any  deserter  from  the  military  service,  except  such 
as  can  claim  exemption  from  trial  under  the  statute  of  limitations.  This 
reward  will  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  and  will  be  in  full 
satisfaction  of  all  expenses  for  arresting,  keeping,  and  delivering  the 
deserter.  The  payment  will  be  reported  to  the  commander  of  the  company 
or  detachment  to  which  the  deserter  belongs. 

125.  When  enlisted  men  are  sent  in  pursuit  of  a  deserter,  the  expenses 
necessarily  incurred  will  be  paid  whether  he  be  apprehended  or  not,  and 
will  be  reported  as  in  payment  of  rewards.  Should  a  written  order  be  issued 
for  this  duty  and  a  transportation  request  be  furnished  the  party  in  pursuit, 
the  name,  rank,  company,  and  regiment  of  the  deserter  will  be  stated  in  the 
order  and  also  noted  on  the  request. 

126.  Rew^ards  or  expenses  paid  for  apprehending  a  deserter,  and  the 
expenses  incurred  in  transporting  him  from  point  of  apprehension,  delivery, 
or  surrender  to  the  station  of  his  company  or  detachment,  or  to  the  place  of 
his  trial,  including  the  cost  of  transportation  of  the  guard,  will  be  set 
against  his  pay  upon  conviction  of  desertion  by  a  court-martial,  or  upon  his 
restoration  to  duty  without  trial.  A  soldier  convicted  by  a  court-martial  of 
absence  without  leave  will  be  charged  with  the  expense  incurred  in  trans- 
porting him  to  his  proper  station.  The  transportation  and  subsistence  of 
witnesses  will  not  be  charged  against  a  deserter. 

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18  DESERTERS. 

1 2  7.  If  a  soldier  be  brought  to  trial  under  a  charge  of  desertion  and 
acquitted,  or  convicted  of  absence  without  leave  only,  or  if  the  sentence  be 
disapproved  by  proper  authority,  any  amount  paid  as  a  reward  for  his  arrest 
will  not  be  stopped  against  his  pay  unless,  in  case  of  conviction  of  absence 
without  leave,  the  sentence  of  the  court  shall  so  direct. 

12§.  A  reward  of  $10  will  be  paid  by  the  Quartennaster's  Department 
for  the  capture  and  delivery  at  any  military  post  of  an  escaped  general 
prisoner.  This  amount  will  be  in  full  for  all  expenses  incurred  in  capture 
and  delivery.  The  paj^nent  will  be  reported  to  the  commanding  officer 
of  the  post  from  which  the  prisoner  escaped,  and  this  officer  will  inform  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  of  the  date  of  escape  and  the  date  and  place 
of  capture. 

129.  Deserters  will  be  brought  to  trial  with  the  least  practicable  delay. 
While  awaiting  trial  they  will  receive  no  pay,  and  will  be  required  to  wear 
the  clothes  worn  at  the  time  of  arrest,  unless  it  should  be  imperative  to  issue 
other  clothing,  when,  as  far  as  practicable,  only  deserters'  or  other  unserv- 
iceable clothing  will  be  issued. 

130.  The  clothing  abandoned  by  a  deserter  will  be  turned  over  to  the 
quartermaster  with  a  certificate  from  the  company  or  detachment  com- 
mander showing  its  condition  and  the  name  of  the  deserter  to  whom  it 
belonged.  All  other  personal  effects  of  a  deserter  will  be  disposed  of  as  in 
the  case  of  unclaimed  effects  of  deceased  soldiers. 

131.  A  deserter  will  make  good  the  time  lost  by  desertion,  unless  dis- 
charged by  competent  authority.  He  will  be  considered  again  in  service 
upon  his  return  to  military  control ;  but  if  a  deserter  enlists  while  in  deser- 
tion, his  services  under  such  unlawful  enlistment  will  not  be  counted  as 
making  good  any  of  the  time  lost  by  desertion. 

132.  A  deserter  will  not  be  restored  to  duty  without  trial,  except  by 
authority  competent  to  order  his  trial.  Such  restoration  does  not  remove 
the  charge  of  desertion,  nor  relieve  the  soldier  from  any  of  the  forfeitures 
attached  to  that  offense.  He  must  make  good  the  time  lost  by  desertion, 
refund  the  reward  and  expenses  paid  for  apprehension  and  delivery,  and 
forfeit  pay  while  absent. 

133.  An  enlisted  man  who  absents  himself  from  his  post  or  company 
without  authority  will  forfeit  all  pay  and  allowances  accruing  during  such 
absence,  and  upon  conviction  by  court-martial  make  good  the  time  lost. 
No  man  will  be  reported  a  deserter  until  after  the  expiration  of  ten  days 
(should  he  remain  away  that  length  of  time) ,  unless  the  company  commander 
has  conclusive  evidence  of  the  absentee's  intention  not  to  return  ;  but  com- 
manding officers  will  take  steps  to  apprehend  soldiers  absent  without  leave 
as  soon  as  that  fact  is  reported.  Should  the  soldier  not  return,  or  not  be 
apprehended,  within  the  time  named,  his  desertion  ^vill  date  from  the  com- 
mencement of  the  unauthorized  absence.  An  absence  without  leave  of  less 
than  one  day  will  not  be  noted  upon  the  muster  and  pay  rolls. 

1 341.  Soldiers  not  charged  with  crime,  discovered  to  be  deserters  from  the 
Navy  or  Marine  Corps,  will  be  dropped  from  the  rolls  of  the  Army.  In  such 
cases,  reports  with  descriptive  lists  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  by  the  proper  commanding  officer,  who  will  hold  the 
men  in  confinement  \vithout  pay,  awaiting  instructions  regarding  their  dis- 
position.   Deserters  from  the  Navy  will  not  be  received  at  military  posts. 


RETIREMENT    OF   ENLISTED    MEN.  id 

ARTICLE  XX. 

Retirement  of  Enlisted  Men. 

135.  When  an  enlisted  man  shall  have  served  as  such  for  thirty  years, 
either  in  the  Army  or  the  Marine  Corps  and  the  Army,  he  may  apply  to  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  retirement.  Upon  the  approval  of  the 
application  an  order  will  be  issued  from  the  Adjutant-General's  Office  trans- 
ferring him  to  the  retired  list  and  directing  that  transportation  in  kind  to 
his  home  and  commutation  of  subsistence  during  necessary  travel  be  given 
him.  Length  of  war  service  (both  enlisted  and  commissioned)  with  the 
Army  in  the  field,  or  with  the  Navy  or  Marine  Corps  in  active  service 
(either  as  volunteer  or  regular)  during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  will  be 
doubled  in  computing  the  thirty  years  necessary  to  entitle  him  to  be  retired. 

136.  Upon  receipt  of  the  order  for  retirement,  the  soldier's  immediate 
commanding  officer  will  furnish  him  with  final  statements,  closing  his 
accounts  of  pay,  deposits,  and  all  allowances  other  than  those  of  travel,  as 
of  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  ;  he  will  forward  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  a  descriptive  list  (in  duplicate) ,  noting  thereon  the 
fact  that  final  statements  have  been  given,  the  re-enlistment  or  the  continu- 
ous-service pay  per  month  for  which  the  soldier  was  last  mustered,  and  his 
post-office  address  for  the  next  thirty  days.  The  descriptive  list  will  bear 
the  soldier's  signature,  or,  if  he  can  not  write,  a  statement  to  that  effect. 
The  final  statements  and  descriptive  lists  must  state  the  date  to  which  sub- 
sistence has  been  furnished,  also  whether  subsistence  while  traveling  home 
has  been  furnished,  and,  if  so,  for  what  dates.  A  discharge  certificate  will 
not  be  given,  but  the  soldier  will  be  dropped  from  the  rolls  of  his  command 
with  appropriate  explanatory  remarks.  The  Pay  Department  will  be  notified 
and  furnished  with  the  soldier's  signature,  as  in  case  of  discharge. 

137.  On  the  last  day  of  every  calendar  month  each  retired  enlisted  man 
will  report  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  his  post-office  address. 
Blank  forms  for  personal  reports  and  pay  accounts,  with  official  penalty 
envelopes,  will  be  furnished  retired  enlisted  men  upon  application  to  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

138.  The  authorized  pay  and  allowances  of  retired  enlisted  men  will  be 
paid  them  monthly  by  the  Pay  Department.  Their  pay  will  be  three-fourths 
of  the  monthly  pay  allowed  them  by  law  in  the  grade  held  when  retired, 
including  re-enlisted  and  continuous-service  pay  then  received.  No  deduc- 
tion will  be  made  except  the  monthly  tax  of  12i  cents  for  support  of  the 
Soldiers'  Home.  They  are  not  entitled  to  commutation  for  fuel  or  quarters, 
but  will  receive  commutation  for  subsistence  and  clothing  as  follows : 

For  subsistence. — At  the  rate  of  22^  cents  per  day. 

For  clothing. — Three-fourths  of  the  average  annual  allowance  prescribed 
in  orders  for  an  entire  enlistment  in  the  grade  from  which  retired,  one- 
twelfth  of  such  amount  to  be  paid  monthly.  The  allowance  of  clothing  to 
chief  musicians  is  the  same  as  that  to  quartermaster-sergeants. 

139.  The  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  will  furnish  a  descriptive  list  to 
each  enlisted  man  on  the  retired  list,  who  will  forward  the  same  at  the  end 
of  each  calendar  month,  with  pay  accounts  signed  in  duplicate,  to  such 
paymaster  as  the  chief  paymaster  of  the  department  in  which  the  soldier 


20  RETIREMENT — DISCHARGES. 

resides  may  designate.  The  paymaster  \^"ill  note  tlie  fact  of  pajTnent  on  the 
descriptive  list.  If  the  soldier  can  not  write,  his  mark  should  be  witnessed 
by  a  commissioned  of&cer,  if  practicable;  otherwise  by  some  well-known 
person,  preferably  the  postmaster  of  his  place  of  residence. 

ARTICLE  XXI. 

Discharges.    Certificates  of  Disability, 
discharges. 

140.  An  enlisted  man  will  not  be  discharged  before  the  expiration  of  his 
term  except: 

1.  By  order  of  the  President  or  Secretary-  of  War. 

2.  By  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial. 

3.  On  certificate  of  disability,  by  direction  of  the  commander  of  a  terri- 
torial department  or  army  in  the  field ;  but  when  the  disability  of  a  soldier 
is  caused  by  disease  contracted  before  enlistment,  or  by  his  own  misconduct 
or  bad  habits,  discharge  will  be  ordered  only  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

4.  In  compliance  with  an  order  of  one  of  the  United  States  courts,  or  a 
justice  or  a  judge  thereof,  on  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus. 

141.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  discharged,  his  company  commander  -svill 
furnish  him  with  final  statements  in  duplicate  or  a  full  statement  in  writing 
of  the  reasons  why  such  final  statements  are  not  furnished.  Final  state- 
ments will  not  be  furnished  a  soldier  who  has  forfeited  all  pay  and  allow- 
ances and  has  no  deposits  nor  detained  pay  due  him.  When  the  discharge 
is  made  on  certificate  of  disability,  the  ascertained  disability  as  recited  in  the 
certificate  must  be  given  in  the  final  statements  as  the  reason  or  cause  for 
discharge. 

142.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  discharged  by  expiration  of  service  his 
discharge  will  take  effect  on  the  last  day  thereof;  i.  e.,  if  enlisted  on  the 
second  day  of  the  month  his  term  will  expire  on  the  first  day  of  the  same 
month  in  the  last  year  of  his  term  of  enlistment. 

143.  Discharge  certificates  will  not  be  made  in  duplicate.  Upon  satis- 
factory proof  of  the  loss  of  a  discharge,  or  of  its  destruction  without  the  fault 
of  the  party  entitled  to  it,  the  War  Department  may  issue  to  such  party  a 
certificate  of  service,  showing  date  of  enlistment  in  and  discharge  from  the 
Army  and  character  given  on  discharge  certificate.  Discharge  certificates 
must  not  be  forwarded  to  the  War  Department  in  correspondence  unless 
called  for. 

144.  In  time  of  peace,  a  soldier  serA^ng  in  the  second  year  or  first  six 
months  of  the  third  year  of  his  first  enlistment  may  apply  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  through  military  channels,  for  the  privilege  of  purchas- 
ing his  discharge,  but  such  application  will  not  be  entertained  unless  based 
on  satisfactory  reasons  full}^  set  forth  by  the  applicant  and  verified  by  the 
officer  forwarding  the  application,  nor  unless  accompanied  by  a  statement 
of  the  soldier's  immediate  commanding  officer  showing  the  condition  of 
his  accounts.  If  such  application  be  granted,  the  purchase  price  will  be 
entered  on  the  final  statements  as  an  item  due  the  United  States.  A  soldier 
once  discharged  by  purchase  will  not  be  granted  that  favor  a  second  time. 
A  soldier  serving  in  a  second  or  any  other  enlistment,  but  not  receiving  con- 
tinuous service  or  re-enlisted  pay,  is  not  debarred  from  discharge  by  purchase. 


DISCHARGES.  21 

The  price  of  purchase  in  the  first  month  of  the  second  year  will  be  $120, 
and  will  be  $5  less  in  each  succeeding  month  of  the  period  during  which 
purchase  may  be  authorized. 

145.  Enlisted  men  who  have  served  meritoriously  twelve  years  or  more, 
continuously  or  otherwise,  will  be  classified  as  veteran  soldiers.  If  it  be  for 
their  material  benefit,  discharge  may  be  granted  them  by  the  Secretary  of 
War  by  way  of  favor  as  veterans.  A  soldier  once  discharged  as  a  veteran 
will  not  be  discharged  again  by  way  of  favor. 

146.  Soldiers  discharged  as  provided  in  paragraphs  144  and  145  will  not 
receive  travel  allowances. 

147.  Transcripts  from  records  of  civil  courts  need  not  accompany  appli- 
cations for  discharge  of  enlisted  men  sentenced  to  imprisonment  by  such 
courts.  The  official  statement  of  the  company  commander  to  that  effect  is 
sufficient. 

148.  The  cause  of  discharge  and  the  soldier's  age  at  its  date  will  be 
stated  in  the  body  of  the  discharge  certificate.  His  character  will  be  accu- 
rately described  at  the  bottom  of  the  certificate,  but  if  not  sufficiently  good 
to  allow  of  his  re-enlistment,  that  portion  of  the  certificate  relating  to  his 
character  will  be  cut  off.  The  words  "  Service  honest  and  faithful,"  or 
"  Service  not  honest  and  faithful,"  as  the  case  may  be,  will  be  entered  under 
"  Remarks  "  in  the  military  record  on  the  back  of  the  discharge  certificate, 
and  will  also  be  noted  on  the  final  statements.  The  company  commander 
will,  before  submitting  the  discharge  certificate  to  the  proper  officer  for 
signature,  inform  the  soldier  of  the  character  he  intends  to  give  him. 
Should  the  soldier  feel  that  injustice  will  be  done  him  thereby  he  may  at 
once  apply  for  redress  to  the  post  commander,  who  will  immediately  con- 
vene a  board  of  officers  to  determine  the  facts  in  the  case,  and  will  briefly 
note  the  finding  of  the  board,  if  approved  by  him,  on  the  discharge  certifi- 
cate. But  in  all  cases  where  the  company  commander  deems  a  soldier's 
services  unfaithful,  he  should  whenever  practicable  notify  the  soldier  at 
least  thirty  days  prior  to  discharge  of  the  character  which  he  intends  to  give, 
in  order  that  the  soldier  may  have  ample  opportunity  to  apply  for  and  be 
heard  before  the  board.  In  such  cases  the  proceedings  of  the  board, 
showing  all  the  facts  pertinent  to  the  inquiry,  with  the  views  of  the  inter- 
mediate commanders  indorsed  thereon,  will  be  transmitted  for  the  consid- 
eration and  action  of  the  War  Department.  This  board  may  be  called  upon 
the  application  of  the  post  or  company  commander,  and  if  by  the  former 
the  department  commander  shall  appoint  it.  The  character  given  by  the 
company  commander,  also  the  character  found  by  the  board,  will  be  noted 
on  the  muster-roll.  The  officer  who  prepares  the  discharge  will  state  thereon 
whether  the  man  is  married  or  unmarried,  the  number  of  his  minor  chil- 
dren, and,  if  discharged  from  a  re-enlistment,  the  number  thereof. 

149.  If  a  soldier  be  discharged  while  absent  from  his  company,  the  date, 
place,  and  cause  thereof  will  be  reported  to  his  company  commander  by  the 
officer  giving  the  discharge,  and  this  report  will  be  accompanied  by  a  com- 
plete descriptive  list. 

150.  In  order  to  prevent  payment  on  fraudulent  discharge  papers,  the 
officer  who  prepares  the  final  statements  of  a  soldier  will,  shortly  before  his 
discharge,  send  to  the  pajnnaster  to  whom  the  soldier  may  wish  to  apply  for 
payment,  a  notification  in  his  own  handwriting,  stating  therein  the  date  of 
last  payment  to  the  soldier  and  his  credits  and  debits,  both  in  words  and 


22  DISCHARGES CERTIFICATES    OF    DISABILITY. 

figures.  The  officer  will  also  send  the  soldier's  signature,  or  will  report  that 
the  soldier  can  not  write  his  name.  This  notification  will  not  be  given  to 
the  soldier,  but  will  be  sent  by  mail,  so  as  to  reach  the  paymaster  before  the 
soldier  can  report  for  payment.  The  officer  issuing  the  final  statements  will 
inform  the  discharged  soldier,  in  writing,  of  the  name  and  location  of  the 
paymaster  to  whom  he  shall  apply  for  payment,  and  at  the  same  time  send 
the  required  notification  to  the  designated  paymaster. 

151.  Blank  forms  for  discharge  and  final  statements  will  be  furnished  by 
the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  and  will  be  retained  in  the  personal  cus- 
tody of  company  commanders ;  those  for  discharge  will  be  of  three  classes : 
For  honorable  and  for  dishonorable  discharge,  and  for  discharge  Mathout 
honor.     They  will  be  used  as  follows: 

1.  The  parchment  discharge  blank,  for  honorable  discharge  only,  and  the 
word  "honorably  "  will  be  interlined  in  the  old  blanks  when  used.    . 

2.  The  blank  for  dishonorable  discharge,  for  such  discharge  alone. 

3.  The  blank  for  discharge  without  honor,  when  a  soldier  is  discharged  : 
(a)  Without  trial,  on  account  of  fraudulent  enlistment. 

(h)  Without  trial,  on  account  of  having  become  disqualified  for  service, 
physically  or  in  character,  through  his  own  fault. 

(c)  On  account  of  imprisonment  under  sentence  of  a  civil  court. 

(d)  On  account  of  being,  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment,  in 
confinement  under  the  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial  which  does  not 
provide  for  dishonorable  discharge. 

(e)  With  forfeiture  of  retained  pay  on  the  approved  finding  of  a  board 
that  he  has  not  served  honestly  and  faithfully. 

(/)  When  discharge  without  honor  is  specially  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of 
War  for  any  other  reason. 

152.  A  dishonorable  discharge  from  the  service  is  a  complete  expulsion 
from  the  Army,  and  covers  all  unexpired  enlistments. 

153.  W^hen  transportation  in  kind  is  furnished  a  discharged  soldier  to 
enable  him  to  reach  a  paymaster,  the  quartermaster  will  note  on  the  final 

statements  that  "transportation  in  kind  from to  "  has  been 

furnished,  stating  the  cost  when  it  can  be  ascertained  by  him.  If  transpor- 
tation be  furnished  to  a  soldier  discharged  at  the  place  of  his  enlistment,  to 
enable  him  to  reach  a  paymaster,  the  cost  thereof,  which  will  be  ascertained 
and  noted  on  the  final  statements,  will  be  deducted. 

CERTIFICATES   OF  DISABILITY. 

154.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  permanently  unfitted  for  military  service 
because  of  wounds  or  disease,  he  should,  if  practicable,  be  discharged  on 
certificate  of  disability  before  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  service  in  which 
the  disability  was  incurred.  Blank  forms  will  be  furnished  by  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army,  and  the  directions  thereon  will  be  strictly  complied 
with. 

155.  When  physical  disability  does  not  appear  to  be  permanent,  was 
incurred  in  line  of  duty,  and  benefit  may  be  exiiected  from  a  change  of  cli- 
mate, a  report  of  the  case  will  be  forwarded  for  the  action  of  the  Command- 
ing General  of  the  Army.  The  soldier  will  not  be  transferred  to  another 
compan5\  In  cases  likely  to  be  benefited  by  treatment  in  the  Army  and 
Navy  General  Hospital  at  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  the  application  required  by 
the  regulations  for  admission  thereto  will  be  made.     A  record  of  cases 


CERTIFICATES    OF    DISABILITY DECEASED    SOLDIERS.        23 

transferred  under  the  foregoing  i^ro visions,  with  a  report  of  results,  will 
be  forwarded  to  the  Surgeon-General  at  the  end  of  each  calendar  year. 

156.  When  an  application  for  discharge  is  approved,  the  post  or  regi- 
mental commander  will  furnish  to  the  surgeon  by  whom  the  certificate  was 
given,  or  to  tlie  senior  surgeon  of  the  command  to  which  the  soldier  was 
attached  at  the  time  of  his  discharge,  a  letter  setting  forth  the  full  name 
and  rank  of  the  soldier,  the  company  and  regiment  to  which  he  belonged, 
the  date  of  discharge,  and  the  cause  thereof  as  stated  in  the  certificate. 
The  surgeon,  having  made  a  true  copy  of  the  letter  for  the  completion  of 
his  own  records,  will  forward  the  original  to  the  Surgeon-General  direct. 

157.  When  there  is  a  probable  case  for  pension,  special  care  will  betaken 
to  state  in  the  certificate  the  degree  of  disability,  to  describe  particularly  the 
disability,  wound,  or  disease,  the  extent  to  which  it  deprives  the  soldier  of 
the  use  of  any  limb  or  faculty,  or  affects  his  health,  strength,  activity,  con- 
stitution, or  capacity  to  labor. 

ARTICLE  XXIL 

Deceased  Soldiers. 

158.  When  a  soldier  is  killed  in  action,  or  dies  at  any  post,  hospital,  or 
station,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  his  immediate  commander  to  secure  his 
effects  and  to  prepare  the  inventory  required  by  the  126th  Article  of  War, 
according  to  prescribed  form.  Duplicates  of  the  inventory,,  with  final  state- 
ments, will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

159.  Should  the  effects  of  a  deceased  soldier  not  be  claimed  within  30 
days,  they  will  be  sold  by  a  council  of  administration  under  the  authority 
of  the  post  commander,  and  the  proceeds  transferred  to  the  commander  of 
the  company  to  which  the  deceased  belonged,  by  whom  they  will  be  deposited 
with  a  pajTiiaster  to  the  credit  of  the  United  States.  Duplicate  receipts  wt.11 
be  taken,  one  of  which  will  be  sent  direct  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army  and  the  other  retained  vnth.  the  company  records. 

160.  In  all  cases  of  sale  by  a  council  of  administration,  a  detailed  state- 
ment of  the  proceeds,  duly  certified  by  the  council  and  commanding  officer, 
will  accompany  the  paymaster's  receipt  forwarded  by  the  company  com- 
mander to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.     The  statement  vnll  be 

indorsed :  '  ^  Report  of  the  proceeds  of  the  effects  of ,  late  of 

company , regiment  of ,  who  died  at ,  the  day 

of , ." 

161.  The  effects  will  be  delivered,  when  called  for,  to  the  legal  representa- 
tives of  the  deceased,  and  the  receipts  therefor  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army.  Applications  for  arrears  of  pay  and  proceeds  of  sale 
of  effects  of  deceased  soldiers  should  be  addressed  to  the  Auditor  for  the 
War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C,  who  settles  such  accounts. 

162.  The  remains  of  deceased  soldiers  will  be  decently  inclosed  in 
coffins  and  transported  by  the  Quartermaster "s  Department  to  the  nearest 
military  post  or  national  cemetery  for  burial,  unless  the  commanding  officer 
deem  burial  at  the  place  of  death  to  be  proper,  when  a  report  of  the  fact  will 
be  made  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  The  expense  of  transporting 
the  remains  is  payable  from  the  appropriation  for  Army  transportation ; 
other  expenses  of  burial  are  limited  to  $15  for  noncommissioned  officers  and 
$10  for  private  soldiers. 


24  WORKING    PARTIES EXTRA   AND    SPECIAL    DUTY. 

ARTICLE  XXIII. 

Working  Parties.    Extra  and  Special  Duty  Men. 

163.  Troops  Avill  not  be  employed  in  labors  that  interfere  with  their 
military  duties  except  in  cases  of  necessity. 

164.  Enlisted  men  detailed  to  perform  specific  services  which  remove 
them  temporarily  from  the  ordinary  duty  roster  of  the  organization  to  which 
they  belong  will  be  reported  on  extra  duty  if  receiving  increased  compensa- 
tion therefor,  other^vise,  on  special  duty.  They  will  not  be  placed  on  extra 
duty  except  as  bakers  or  to  perform  the  necessary  routine  services  in  the 
Quartermaster's  and  Subsistence  Departments,  without  the  sanction  of  the 
department  commander,  nor  will  they  be  employed  on  extra  duty  for  labor 
in  camp  or  garrison  which  can  be  properly  performed  by  fatigue  parties. 
Allotments  of  funds  for  payment  of  extra-duty  men  at  department  head- 
quarters and  depots  under  the  control  of  department  commanders  will  be 
made  only  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  "War.  Duty  of  a  military 
character  must  be  performed  without  extra  compensation. 

165.  Enlisted  men  detailed  by  name  on  extra  duty  under  competent 
authority  at  constant  labor  for  not  less  than  ten  days,  are  entitled  to  receive 
extra-duty  pay  at  the  following  rates:  For  services  as  mechanics,  artisans, 
and  school  teachers,  50  cents  per  day ;  as  bakers,  according  to  paragi'aph 
306 ;  as  overseers,  clerks,  teamsters,  laborers,  and  for  all  other  extra-duty 
services,  35  cents  per  day. 

166.  The  detail  of  a  noncommissioned  officer  on  extra  duty  other  than 
that  of  overseer  will  not  be  made  without  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of 
War.  A  noncommissioned  officer  will  not  be  detailed  on  anj^  duty  incon- 
sistent with  his  rank  and  position  in  the  military  service. 

167.  Noncommissioned  staff  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  several  staff 
departments  will  not  be  detailed  on  extra  duty  without  authority  from  the 
Secretary  of  War.  They  are  not  entitled  to  extra-duty  pay  for  services 
rendered  in  their  respective  departments. 

16§.  Company  artificers,  farriers,  blacksmiths,  saddlers,  and  wagoners 
will  not  receive  extra-duty  pay  unless  detailed  on  extra  duty  in  the  Quarter- 
master's Department,  wholly  disconnected  from  their  com.panies. 

1 69.  Soldiers  on  extra  duty  will  be  paid  the  extra  rates  of  pay  allowed 
by  law  for  the  duty  performed,  and  for  the  exact  number  of  days  employed ; 
and  no  greater  number  of  men  will  be  employed  on  extra  duty  at  any  time 
than  can  be  paid  the  full  legal  rates  for  the  time  employed  from  the  funds 
provided.  Payments  made  in  violation  of  the  above  rules  will  be  charged 
against  the  officers  who  ordered  the  details. 

170.  Extra-duty  men  will  attend  the  weekly  and  monthly  inspections 
of  their  companies,  and  as  many  daily  drills  as  practicable.  Special-duty 
men,  except  noncommissioned  officers  in  charge  of  barracks  or  stables,  the 
cooks,  and  such  clerks  as  are  necessarily  excused  by  commanding  officers, 
will  attend  all  drills  and  inspections. 

171.  Extra-duty  men  will  be  held  to  such  hours  of  labor  as  maybe  expe- 
dient and  necessary;  but,  except  in  case  of  urgent  piiblic  necessity,  as  in 
military  operations,  eight  hours  will  be  considered  a  day's  work.  For  all 
hours  employed  beyond  that  number,  the  soldier  will  receive  additional  com- 


soldiers'    home MEDALS    OF    HONOR.  25 

pensation — the  extra  hours  being  computed  as  fractions  of  a  day  of  eight 
hours'  duration. 

172.  Details  of  enlisted  men  for  extra  and  special  duty  will  be  limited  to 
actual  necessities,  which  will  be  determined  by  post  commanders  in  accord- 
ance with  limits  published  in  orders  from  the  War  Department.  Allot- 
ments to  posts  of  funds  for  extra-duty  pay  are  made  by  department  com- 
manders from  allotments  made  to  departments  for  the  purpose,  and  must 
not  be  exceeded  without  special  authority  from  department  commanders. 

ARTICLE   XXIV. 

Soldiers'  Home. 

173.  An  honest  and  faithful  service  of  twenty  years  in  the  Army  entitles 
a  soldier  to  admission  to  the  Soldier's  Home,  Washington,  D.  C. 

174.  When  a  soldier,  by  reason  of  long  service,  or  disability  contracted 
in  the  line  of  duty,  desires  to  enter  the  Soldiers'  Home,  his  company  com- 
mander will  so  report,  through  military  channels,  to  the  Adjutant-General 
of  the  Army,  giving  all  the  details  necessary  for  a  full  understanding  of  the 
case,  including  the  date  of  each  enlistment,  with  company  and  regiment.  If 
the  soldier  be  physically  disabled,  the  report  will  be  accompanied  by  certifi- 
cates of  disability.  The  papers  will  be  referred  to  the  Board  of  Commission- 
ers of  the  Home,  and  if,  in  its  opinion,  the  soldier  is -entitled  to  become  an 
inmate,  the  necessary  authority  will  be  given  for  his  discharge  at  the  place 
where  he  is  serving.  He  may  then  proceed  to  Washington  and  report  to  the 
Board  of  Commissioners  for  admission  to  the  Home. 

175.  Transportation  to  the  Home  will  not  be  furnished  except  by  author- 
ity of  the  Secretary  of  War,  on  the  application  of  the  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners ;  and  in  such  cases  the  officers  who  pay  the  accounts  will  be  guided 
by  the  regulations  governing  the  payment  of  accounts  for  transportation 
of  persons  procuring  artificial  limbs,  as  prescribed  in  paragraphs  1467  to 
1471.  inclusive,  except  that  the  account  will  be  referred  to  the  Treasurer  of 
the  Soldiers'  Home  for  repayment. 

176.  Commanding  officers  will  not  order  the  issue  of  clothing  or  subsist- 
ence to  be  repaid  from  the  funds  of  the  Home. 

ARTICLE  XXV. 

Medals  of  Honor  and  Certificates  of  Merit. 

177.  Medals  of  honor  will  be  awarded  by  the  President  to  officers  and 
enlisted  men  who  most  distinguish  themselves  in  action. 

178.  When  any  enlisted  man  of  the  Army  shall  have  distinguished  him- 
self in  the  service,  the  President  may  grant  him  a  certificate  of  merit,  on  the 
recommendation  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment  or  chief  of  the 
corps  to  which  such  man  belongs. 

179.  Recommendations  for  a  certificate  of  merit  must  originate  with  an 
eyewitness,  preferably  the  immediate  commanding  officer.  "Each  case  will 
be  submitted  separately,  forwarded  through  the  regular  channels,  and  must 
be  favorably  indorsed  by  each  commander. 

180.  Extra  pay  at  the  rate  of  $2  per  month  from  the  date  of  the  distin- 
guished service  is  allowed  to  each  enlisted  man  to  whom  a  certificate  of 
merit  is  granted. 


26        VETERINARY    SURGEONS — COMMANDING    GENERAL. 

181.  If  the  soldier  be  discharged  before  the  certificate  is  issued,  it  will 
be  retained  in  the  Ad3utant-Generars  Office  until  called  for,  when  proof 
of  the  identity  of  the  applicant  will  be  required.  Should  he  die  before 
receiving  his  certificate,  it  will  be  deposited  in  the  office  of  the  Auditor  for 
the  War  Department  for  the  benefit  of  his  heirs. 

ARTICLE  XXVI. 

Veterinary  Surgeons. 

182.  Veterinary  surgeons  are  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  on  the 
applications  of  regimental  commanders,  supported  by  requisite  proofs  of 
capacity  and  fitness. 

183.  A  veterinary  surgeon  has  the  rank  of  sergeant-major,  and  is  entitled 
to  the  same  allowances  in  kind,  of  quarters,  fuel  and  lights. 

184.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  veterinary  surgeon  to  visit  at  least  daily, 
all  sick  or  injured  animals  at  his  station,  and  to  recommend  such  treatment 
as  he  may  deem  proper.  He  will  have  access  to  the  stables  at  all  times. 
Upon  request  he  will  attend  such  authorized  private  horses  of  mounted 
officers  as  may  need  his  services. 

185.  The  veterinary  surgeon  will  instruct  company  farriers  in  the  proper 
care  of  the  horse.  In  this  he  will  give  especial  importance  to  the  anatomy 
and  pathology  of  the  foot,  showing  the  nature  and  uses  of  all  its  i^arts.  illus- 
trating the  subject  by  dissections  and  specimens.  He  will  also  teach  the 
principles  and  practice  of  horseshoeing.  For  the  purpose  indicated  he  \vill 
make  such  visits  of  instruction  to  companies  of  the  regiment  not  at  his 
station  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  by  the  regimental  commander. 

1 86.  Wherever  four  or  more  troops  of  cavalry  are  stationed,  a  suitable 
building  may  be  set  apart  as  a  veterinary  hospital. 

ARTICLE  XXVII. 

The  Commanding  General  of  the  Army. 

18 '7.  The  military  establishment  is  under  the  orders  of  the  Commanding 
General  of  the  Army  in  that  which  pertains  to  its  discipline  and  military 
control.  The  fiscal  affairs  of  the  Army  are  conducted  by  the  Secretary  of 
War,  through  the  several  staff  departments. 

1 88.  All  orders  and  instructions  from  the  President  or  Secretary  of  War, 
relating  to  military  operations  or  affecting  the  military  control  and  disci- 
pline of  the  Army,  will  be  promulgated  through  the  Commanding  General. 

ARTICLE  XXVIII. 

Territorial  Departments. 

189.  Territorial  departments  are  established  and  their  commanders 
assigned  by  direction  of  the  President.  In  time  of  peace,  army  corps,  divi- 
sions, or  brigades  will  not  be  formed  except  for  purposes  of  instruction. 

190.  The  commander  of  a  department  commands  all  the  military  forces 
of  the  Government  within  its  limits,  whether  of  the  line  or  staff,  which 
are  not  specially  excepted  from  his  control  by  the  War  Department.  The 
Infantry  and  Cavalry  School  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans.,  and  the  Cavalry 


TERRITORIAL    DEPARTMENTS.  27 

and  Light  Artillery  School  at  Fort  Riley,  Kans.,  in  matters  pertaining  to 
the  courses  of  instruction ;  the  Military  Academy ;  the  Artillery  School ; 
the  engineer  establishment  at  Willets  Point;  the  arsenals;  the  general 
depots  of  supply ;  the  general  service  recruiting  stations ;  such  permanent 
fortifications  as  may  be  in  process  of  construction  or  repair,  and  officers 
employed  on  special  duty  under  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  exempted  from 
the  supervision  of  department  commanders.  But  when  an  emergency 
demands  it,  all  military  men  and  material  within  the  limits  of  their  juris- 
diction come  under  their  control. 

191.  Purchasing  commissaries,  officers  on  duty  at  general  depots  of  sup- 
ply, and  others  indicated  in  the  preceding  paragraph,  whether  reporting  by 
letter  to  department  commanders  or  not,  are  subject  to  their  orders  for 
court-martial  or  other  duty  in  an  emergency  only;  and  officers  on  duty 
with  the  commands  at  Fort  Leavenworth.  Fort  Monroe,  and  Fort  Riley  will 
not  be  detached  without  the  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  the  Com- 
manding General  of  the  Army. 

192.  A  department  commander  is  charged  with  the  administration  of  all 
the  military  affairs  of  his  department,  and  the  execution  of  all  orders  from 
higher  authority.  He  will  report  to  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army 
all  matters  relating  to  the  general  welfare  of  his  command,  including  such 
change  of  station  of  troops  as  he  may  deem  desirable,  but  will  obtain  the 
approval  of  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  before  ordering  the 
movement.  If  it  be  necessary  to  move  troops  to  meet  emergencies,  such 
movements,  and  all  the  circumstances  will  be  reported  at  the  earliest 
possible  moment. 

193.  Each  department  commander  will  inspect  the  troops  under  his 
command  at  least  once  each  year,  and  for  this  purpose  he  may  be  accom- 
panied by  one  officer  of  his  personal  or  the  department  staff.  He  will  assure 
himself  by  personal  examination  and  observation  that  all  officers  and  men 
under  his  control  are  efficient  in  the  performance  of  duty,  that  the  troops 
are  thoroughly  drilled  and  instructed  in  their  field  duties  and  tactical  exer- 
cises, that  supplies  are  properly  distributed,  that  proper  care  is  exercised  in 
the  purchase  and  preservation  of  public  property,  and  that  strict  economy 
is  exercised  in  all  public  expenditures.  In  his  annual  report  the  results 
of  these  inspections  will  be  summarized.  From  time  to  time  he  will  report, 
for  the  information  of  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  and  the  Sec- 
retary of  War,  the  names  of  any  and  all  officers  belonging  to  his  command 
who  are  believed  to  be  incompetent  or  permanently  unable,  from  any  cause, 
to  perform  all  the  duties  of  their  several  grades,  both  in  garrison  and  in 
active  service  ;  he  will  also  report  any  errors,  irregularities,  or  abuses  requir- 
ing the  action  of  higher  authority. 

194.  Department  commanders  are  expected  to  determine  controversies 
arising  within  the  limits  of  their  jurisdiction  and  decide  questions  referred 
to  them  on  appeal. 

19^.  Although  a  department  commander  may  continue  to  discharge  the 
more  important  functions  of  his  command  while  beyond  its  territorial  lim- 
its, his  absence  therefrom  requires  the  sanction  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
and  if  intending  to  leave  his  headquarters  for  an  absence  within  his  depart- 
ment, he  will  report  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  his  intention,  the 
duration  of,  and  his  address  during,  his  proposed  absence. 


28  DEPARTMENTS POSTS    AND    RESERVATIONS. 

196.  The  personal  staff  of  a  department  commander  will  consist  of  the 
authorized  aids.  The  department  staff  will  be  limited  to  the  officers  detailed 
by  the  Secretary  of  War  from  appropriate  staff  departments  or  corps,  or 
of  officers  of  the  line  detailed  by  the  same  anthority  to  act  in  their  stead, 
and  their  official  designations  will  be  as  follows:  Adjutant-general,  chief 
quartermaster,  chief  commissary,  chief  surgeon,  chief  paymaster,  judge- 
advocate,  and  artillery  inspector,  the  last  appointed  as  prescribed  in  para- 
graph 350 ;  also,  when  necessary,  an  engineer  officer,  an  ordnance  officer, 
and  a  signal  officer,  each  detailed  from  his  corps ;  but  when  any  of  these 
officers  are  not  assigned,  or  when  any  department  staff  officer  is  temporarily 
absent  or  disabled,  the  duties  of  his  position  will  be  performed  by  other 
members  of  the  department  or  personal  staff.  The  chief  quartermaster  and 
chief  commissary  will  each  have  charge  of  the  depot  of  his  department, 
at  the  place  where  headquarters  are  located,  and  will,  when  practicable, 
make  purchases.  The  chief  surgeon  Avill,  when  practicable,  perform  the 
duty  of  attending  surgeon.  The  chief  paymaster  will  make  a  proportion 
of  the  payments  in  the  command.  The  duties  prescribed  in  Small  Arms 
Firing  Regulations  for  the  inspector  of  small-arms  practice  will  be  per- 
formed by  an  aid  or  by  the  adjutant-general. 

197.  Funds  for  contingent  expenses  at  department  headquarters  are 
allotted  by  the  Secretary  of  War  and  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  adjutants- 
general.  The  amount  allotted  will  be  apportioned  by  the  department  com- 
mander to  the  officers  of  the  staff  corps  serving  at  his  headquarters  as  the 
interests  of  the  service  dictate,  and  the  adjutant-general  will  make  purchases 
and  expenditures  as  those  officers  request,  subject  to  the  written  approval 
of  the  department  commander.  Property  so  purchased  will  be  taken  up  on 
the  return  of  the  adjutant-general  and  transferred  to  the  staff  officers  con- 
cerned, who  will  give  duplicate  receipts  therefor,  and  it  will  then  be  dropped 
from  the  return  of  the  adjutant-general,  who  will  file  one  set  of  receipts  as 
retained  vouchers  and  send  the  other  to  the  respective  chiefs  of  bureaus  in 
which  the  staff  officers  are  serving.  On  June  30  of  each  year  all  officers 
who  have  purchased  or  receipted  for  such  property  will  make  return  there- 
for to  the  chiefs  of  their  respective  bureaus,  to  whose  satisfaction  expend- 
itures, losses,  etc.,  will  be  explained.  An  officer  accountable  for  such  prop- 
erty will  take  duplicate  receipts  therefor  when  relieved,  and  \sall  forward 
one  of  them  to  the  proper  chief  of  bureau  with  the  return  which  he  will 
then  render,  and  file  the  other  with  his  retained  papers. 

ARTICLE  XXIX. 

Military  Posts  and  Reservations. 

POSTS. 

198.  Permanent  military  posts  are  established  under  the  direction  of 
the  Secretary  of  War,  by  whom  their  names  will  be  designated. 

199.  Permanent  posts  will  be  styled  "Forts,"  and  points  occupied  tem- 
porarily by  troops,  "Camps." 

200.  The  commander  of  a  post  is  responsible  for  its  safety  and  defense, 
and  for  the  discipline,  drill,  and  tactical  instruction  of  his  command,  to 
which  ends  all  other  garrison  duties  will  be  made  subservient.  He  will  be 
responsible  for  the  preservation  and  proper  application  of  public  property, 
for  the  strict  enforcement  of  laws  and  regulations,  and  for  the  proper  con- 


POSTS.  29 

ditioii  of  quarters  and  defenses.  He  will  make  an  inspection  of  his  command 
on  the  last  day  of  every  month,  will  satisfy  himself  by  frequent  personal 
examination  that  the  disbursements  of  all  officers  in  charge  of  funds  are  in 
accordance  with  law  and  regulations  and  their  accounts  correctly  stated, 
and  will  make  such  reports  of  these  inspections  and  examinations  as  the 
department  commander  may  direct. 

20 1.  The  post  commander  and  surgeon  will  make  frequent  visits  during 
the  month  to  the  hospital,  guard-house,  mess  hall,  and  other  buildings  and 
rooms  used  by  enlisted  men. 

202.  An  orderly  observance  of  the  Sabbath  by  the  officers  and  men  in 
the  military  service  is  enjoined.  Military  duty  and  labor  on  Sunday  will 
be  reduced  to  the  measure  of  strict  necessity. 

203.  The  staff  of  a  post  commander  will  consist  of  such  staff  officers  as 
are  on  duty  at  the  post,  and  such  line  officers  as  may  be  required  for  staff 
duties.  Their  official  designations  will  be  as  follows :  Adjutant,  quarter- 
master, commissary,  surgeon,  assistant  surgeon,  engineer  officer,  ordnance 
officer,  and  signal  officer. 

204.  Exj^endituresof  labor,  money,  or  material  upon  posts  will  be  strictly 
limited  to  the  amounts  allowed  by  law  and  regulations. 

205.  When  practicable,  temporary  buildings  for  the  use  of  the  Army  will 
be  erected  by  its  enlisted  force,  and  necessary  repairs  of  public  buildings  at 
garrisoned  posts  not  appropriated  for  or  specially  authorized  will  be  made  by 
the  troops. 

206.  In  case  of  emergency  when  reference  to  higher  authority  is  imprac- 
ticable, department  commanders  may  order  the  purchase  of  material  and 
engagement  of  services  necessary  for  the  preservation  of  public  buildings 
or  property,  not  to  exceed  in  amount  $500  for  any  post,  but  no  greater  sum 
will  be  expended  without  the  sanction  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

207.  Post  commanders  are  authorized  to  assist  mail  contractors  with 
Government  transportation,  provided  it  can  be  spared  without  detriment 
to  the  service,  when,  through  accident  or  unavoidable  casualty,  they  are 
deprived  of  the  means  necessary  to  fulfill  their  contracts.  Such  assistance 
must  cease  as  soon  as  the  contractor  can,  by  exercise  of  proper  diligence, 
resupply  himself  with  transportation.  Receipts  for  the  property  loaned  will 
be  taken,  which  in  the  event  of  its  loss  or  damage  will  be  forwarded,  with  a 
report  of  facts,  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  that  the  amount 
involved  may  be  collected  from  the  contractor  through  the  Post-Office 
Department. 

208.  At  posts  supplied  with  ordnance  and  with  ammunition  for  the  pur- 
pose, a  morning  and  evening  gun  will  be  fired  daily  at  reveille  and  retreat. 

Post  Records. 

209.  The  following  books  of  record  will  be  kept  at  each  post:  An  order 
book,  a  letters-received  book,  an  index  book  for  letters  received,  a  letters- 
sent  book,  an  index  book  for  letters  sent,  a  post  council  of  administration 
book,  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department;  a  morning  report 
book,  and  a  guard  report  book,  furnished  by  the  Adjutant -General  of  the 
Army ;  a  post  exchange  council  book,  provided  by  the  post  exchange.  All 
copies  of  all  returns  and  reports  rendered,  if  not  contained  in  the  book  of 
orders  received,  letters  sent,  all  letters  received  which  are  not  required  to 


30  RESERVATIONS FLAGS,  COLORS,  ETC. 

be  returned ;  in  fine,  all  official  papers  which  relate  to  post  administration, 
and  which  are  required  to  be  kept  at  the  post,  will  be  filed  and  preserved 
as  a  part  of  the  post  records.  The  records  will  not  be  removed  from  the 
post  except  on  its  discontinuance.  Commanding  officers  will  see  that  the 
records  are  accurately  kept  and  are  properly  transferred  to  their  successors. 

RESERVATIONS. 

210.  Department  commanders  will  supervise  all  military  reservations 
within  the  limits  of  their  commands,  and  if  necessary,  will  use  force  to 
remove  trespassers.  No  license  or  permission  to  any  civilian  to  use  or 
occupy  any  part  of  a  reservation  Avill  be  given,  except  by  the  Secretary 
or  War,  unless  he  be  in  the  employ  of  the  Government,  or  in  the  family 
or  service  of  persons  there  employed. 

211.  Military  posts  temporarily  evacuated  by  troops,  and  lands  reserved 
for  military  use,  will  be  under  charge  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 
Permanent  works  of  defense,  however,  and  the  lands  appurtenant  thereto, 
are  under  the  supervision  of  the  Engineer  Department. 

ARTICLE   XXX. 

Flags,  Colors,  Standards,  and  GL^DONS. 

FLAGS. 

212.  The  flag  of  the  United  States  has  thirteen  horizontal  stripes,  seven 
red  and  six  white,  the  red  and  white  stripes  alternating,  and  the  union  of 
the  flag  consists  of  white  stars  in  a  blue  field  placed  in  the  upper  quarter 
next  the  staff,  and  extending  to  the  lower  edge  of  the  fourth  red  stripe  from 
the  top.  The  number  of  stars  is  the  same  as  the  number  of  States  in  the 
Union.  On  the  admission  of  a  State  into  the  Union,  one  star  will  be  added 
to  the  union  of  the  flag,  and  such  addition  will  take  effect  on  the  4th  day 
of  July  next  succeeding  such  admission. 

213.  The  garrison,  post,  and  storm  flags  are  national  flags,  and  will  be  of 
bunting.  The  union  of  each  is  as  described  in  the  preceding  paragraph  and 
one-third  the  length  of  the  flag. 

The  garrison  flag  will  have  36  feet  fly  and  20  feet  hoist ;  it  will  be  fur- 
nished only  to  posts  designated  from  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  and  will 
be  hoisted  only  on  holidays  and  important  occasions. 

The  post  flag  will  have  20  feet  fly  and  10  feet  hoist ;  it  will  be  furnished 
for  all  garrisoned  posts  and  will  be  hoisted  in  pleasant  weather. 

The  storm  flag  will  have  8  feet  fly  and  4  feet  2  inches  hoist ;  it  will  be  fur- 
nished for  all  occupied  posts  and  national  cemeteries,  and  will  be  hoisted  in 
stormy  or  windy  weather  ;  it  will  also  be  used  as  a  recruiting  flag. 

214.  Hospital  and  ambulance  flags:  For  general  hospitals,  white  bunt- 
ing, 9  by  5  feet,  with  a  red  cross  of  bunting  4  feet  high  and  4  feet  wide 
in  the  center ;  arms  of  cross  to  be  16  inches  wide. 

For  field  hospitals,  white  bunting,  6  by  4  feet,  with  a  red  cross  of  bunting 
3  feet  high  and  3  feet  wide  in  the  center ;  arms  of  cross  to  be  12  inches  wide. 

For  ambulances  and  guidons  to  mark  the  way  to  field  hospitals,  white 
bunting,  28  by  16  inches,  with  a  red  cross  of  bunting  12  inches  high  and  12 
inches  wide  in  the  center :  arms  of  cross  to  be  4  inches  wide. 


COLORS   AND    STANDARDS.  31 

COLORS. 

Battalion  of  Engineers, 

215.  The  national  color  of  stars  and  stripes,  as  described  for  flags,  will 

be  made  of  silk,  5  feet  6  inches  fly,  4  feet  4  inches  on  the  pike,  which  will  be 

9  feet  long,  including  spearhead  and  ferrule.     The  union  to  be  2  feet  6 

inches  long,  and  "U.S.  Engineers"  embroidered  in  silver  on  the  center 

stripe,  stars  embroidered  in  white  silk,  yellow  silk  knotted  fringe,  cord  and 

tassels  red  and  white  silk.     The  battalion   color  will   be   of  scarlet  silk, 

same  dimensions,  having  in  the  center  a  castle,  with  "U.S."  above  and 

"Engineers"  below  in  silver,  fringe  white,  cord  and  tassels  red  and  white 

silk. 

Artillery  Regiments. 

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216.  The  national  color  will  be  of  material  and  dimensions  and  with 
union,  stars,  and  pike  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  215,  having  the  number 
and  name  of  regiment  embroidered  in  yellow  silk  on  the  center  stripe, 
fringe  yellow,  cord  and  tassels  red  and  yellow.  The  regimental  color  will 
be  of  scarlet  silk,  same  dimensions,  bearing  in  the  center  two  cannon 
crossed,  with  "U.  S."  above  and  number  and  name  of  regiment  below,  each 
in  a  scroll,  the  scrolls  yellow,  letters  scarlet,  fringe  yellow,  cord  and  tassels 
red  and  yellow. 

Infantry  Regiments. 

217.  The  national  color  will  be  of  material  and  dimensions  and  with 
union,  stars,  and  pike  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  215,  having  the  number 
and  name  of  the  regiment  embroidered  in  white  silk  on  the  center  stripe, 
fringe  yellow,  cord  and  tassels  blue  and  white.  The  regimental  color  will 
be  of  blue  silk,  same  dimensions,  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  United  States 
embroidered  in  silk  on  the  center,  beneath  the  eagle  a  red  scroll,  with  num- 
ber and  name  of  regiment  embroidered  in  white,  fringe  yellow  cord  and 
tassels  blue  and  white. 

STANDARDS   FOR   CAVALRY   REGIMENTS. 

218.  The  national  standard  of  stars  and  stripes,  as  described  for  flags, 
will  be  made  of  silk,  4  feet  fly  and  3  feet  on  the  lance,  which  will  be  9  feet  6 
inches  long,  including  spear  and  ferrule.  The  union  to  be  22  inches  long, 
and  the  number  and  name  of  regiment  embroidered  in  yellow  silk  on  the 
center  stripe,  fringe  yellow.  The  regimental  standard  will  be  of  yellow 
silk,  same  dimensions,  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  United  States  embroidered 
in  silk  on  the  center,  beneath  the  eagle  a  red  scroll,  with  number  and  name 
of  regiment  embroidered  in  yellow,  fringe  yellow. 

COLORS  AND  STANDARDS. 

219.  The  silken  national  color  or  standard  will  be  carried  in  battle, 
campaign  and  on  all  occasions  of  ceremony  at  regimental  headquarters 
in  which  two  or  more  companies  of  the  regiment  participate.  The  regi- 
mental color  or  standard  will  be  carried  in  like  cases  in  battle,  campaign  and 
at  reviews  and  inspections;  at  ceremonies  other  than  reviews,  inspections 
and  escort  of  the  color,  it  will  be  carried  only  when  so  ordered  by  the  regi- 
mental commander.  A  similar  rule  applies  to  the  use  of  the  colors  of  the 
Battalion  of  Engineers.  When  not  in  use  as  prescribed  in  this  paragraph, 
colors  and  standards  will  be  kept  in  their  waterpoof  cases. 


32  COLORS,  STANDARDS    AND    GUIDONS. 

SERVICE  COLORS  AND  STANDARDS. 

320.  A  national  color  made  of  bunting  or  other  suitable  material,  but  in 
all  other  respects  similar  to  the  silken  national  color,  will  be  furnished  to 
the  Battalion  of  Engineers  and  to  each  regiment  of  artillery  and  infantry, 
for  use  at  drills  and  on  marches  and  all  service  other  than  battles,  cam- 
paigns, and  occasions  of  ceremony.  A  similar  color  of  the  same  dimensions 
as  the  silken  standard  will  be  furnished  for  like  purposes  to  each  regiment 
of  cavalry. 

GUIDONS   FOR   CAVALRY. 

221.  Each  troop  of  cavalry  will  have  a  silken  guidon,  cut  swallow-tailed, 
15  inches  to  the  fork.  3  feet  5  inches  fly  from  lance  to  end  of  swallowtail, 
and  2  feet  3  inches  on  the  lance,  having  two  horizontal  stripes  each  one-half 
the  width  of  the  flag,  the  upper  red  and  the  lower  white,  the  red  stripe  hav- 
ing on  both  sides  in  the  center  the  number  of  the  regiment  in  white  silk, 
and  the  white  stripe  the  letter  of  the  troop  in  red  silk,  the  letter  and  number 
block-shaped,  4f  inches  high,  the  lance  1^  inches  in  diameter  and  9  feet 
long,  including  spear  and  ferrule.  Each  troop  will  also  have  a  service 
guidon  made  of  bunting  or  other  suitable  material,  in  shape  and  design  the 
same  as  the  silken  guidon  ;  the  latter  will  be  used  only  in  battle,  campaign, 
or  on  occasions  of  ceremony. 

GUIDONS   FOR  LIGHT   ARTILLERY. 

222.  Each  battery  of  light  artillery  will  have  a  guidon  of  scarlet  silk, 
dimensions  and  shape  same  as  described  for  cavalry  guidons,  in  the  center 
on  both  sides  of  the  guidon  two  cannon  crossed,  about  14^  inches  in  length, 
with  number  of  regiment  above  and  letter  of  battery  below  the  crossed 
cannon,  letter  and  number  of  yellow  silk,  letter  and  number  block-shaped, 
4^  inches  high,  lance  same  as  for  cavalry  guidon.  This  silken  guidon  will  be 
used  only  in  battle,  campaign,  or  on  occasions  of  ceremony.  Each  battery 
will  also  have  a  service  guidon  of  bunting  or  other  suitable  material,  In 
shape  and  design  the  same  as  the  silken  guidon. 

223.  Whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  a  commanding  officer,  the  condition 
of  any  silken  color,  standard,  or  guidon  in  the  possession  of  his  command 
has  become  unserviceable,  a  board  of  survey  will  be  appointed  to  report  for 
the  information  of  the  Secretary  of  War  its  condition  and  as  to  the  neces- 
sity of  supplying  a  new  one.  If  requiring  repair,  application  to  have  it 
placed  in  a  serviceable  condition  should  be  made  to  the  Quartermaster- 
General.  Service  colors  and  guidons  will  be  submitted  to  the  action  of  an 
inspector  when  unfit  for  further  use.  Upon  receipt  of  new  silken  colors, 
standards,  or  guidons,  commanding  officers  will  cause  those  replaced  to  be 
suitably  labeled  and  sent  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  preser- 
vation. 

224.  The  names  of  the  battles  in  which  one  or  more  companies  of  a  regi- 
ment or  of  the  Battalion  of  Engineers  have  borne  a  meritorious  part  may  be 
engraved  upon  silver  rings,  fastened  on  the  pikes  or  lances  of  the  colors  or 
standards,  and  in  cases  where  less  than  half  the  number  of  companies  of  the 
regiment  or  battalion  were  engaged,  the  company  letters  vnll  follow  the 
name  of  the  battle.  The  names  of  battles  in  which  light  batteries  or  troops 
of  cavalry  have,  when  detached,  been  engaged  separately,  may  be  inscribed 
upon  rings  on  the  lances  of  their  guidons.     The  lance  of  the  service  guidon 


KEGIMENTS.  33 

will  not  be  thus  marked.  The  fact  that  an  action  in  which  any  organization 
has  been  engaged  is  entitled  to  be  called  a  battle,  and  the  name  to  be  engraved 
on  the  rings,  will  be  announced  from  the  Adjutant-General's  Office.  Requi- 
sitions for  new  colors  and  guidons  will  be  accompanied  by  lists  of  battles. 

CAMP    COLORS. 

225.  To  be  as  described  for  flags,  printed  upon  bunting,  18  by  20  inches, 
on  a  pole  of  ash  8  feet  long  and  H  inches  in  diameter,  the  butt  end  armed 
with  a  pointed  ferrule. 

ARTICLE    XXXI. 

Regiments, 
organization  and  instruction.  / 

226.  The  regiment  is  the  administrative  unit ;  for  purposes  of  discipline 
and  instruction,  it  will  be  divided  into  battalions,  each  containing  two  or 
more  companies.  The  command  of  a  regiment  devolves  upon  the  senior 
officer  on  duty  with  it,  wherever  he  may  be  stationed.  Each  battalion  is 
commanded  by  the  senior  officer  on  duty  therewith.  Whenever  portions  of 
different  regiments  are  serving  together,  the  commanding  officer  may  desig- 
nate the  battalions. 

227.  The  designation  "  company,"  as  used  in  these  regulations,  applies  to 
troops  of  cavalry,  batteries  of  artillery,  light  or  foot,  and  companies  of 
infantry. 

228.  Upon  the  organization  of  a  regiment,  its  companies  receive  perma- 
nent designation  by  letters  in  alphabetical  order,  and  officers  are  assigned 
to  them  in  order  as  lettered,  according  to  rank.  Subsequently  officers,  upon 
promotion  or  appointment,  are  assigned  to  fill  vacancies  regardless  of  rela- 
tive rank. 

229.  A  regimental  commander  should  continually  labor  for  the  instruc- 
tion and  efficiency  of  his  regiment.  He  should  encourage  among  his  officers 
harmonious  relations  and  a  friendly  spirit  of  emulation  in  the  performance 
of  duty.  His  timely  interference  to  prevent  disputes,  his  advice  to  the  inex- 
perienced, and  immediate  censure  of  any  conduct  liable  to  produce  dissen- 
sion in  the  regiment  or  to  reflect  discredit  upon  it,  are  of  great  importance 
in  securing  and  maintaining  its  efficiency.  In  such  efforts  he  will  receive 
the  loyal  support  of  his  subordinates.  He  will  make  an  inspection  of  his 
immediate  command  on  the  last  day  of  every  month. 

230.  Each  department  commander  will  announce  in  orders  annually  the 
period  of  the  year  to  be  given  to  practical  instruction  in  drill  and  other  mili- 
tary exercises,  prescribing  their  character  and  the  time  to  be  devoted 
thereto.  He  will  also  designate  a  i)eriod  of  four  consecutive  months  in  each 
year  for  theoretical  instruction,  imparted  in  lyceums  or  by  lectures,  recita- 
tions, or  other  methods,  to  be  given  twice  each  week  during  the  period  desig- 
nated. Each  regimental  commander  will  supervise  the  instruction  of  the 
officers  under  his  immediate  command,  and  each  post  commander  that  of 
regimental  officers  of  his  command  who  are  absent  from  the  headquarters 
of  their  respective  regiments.  Each  company  commander  is  responsible 
for  the  practical  and  theoretical  instruction  of  his  noncommissioned  officers. 
These  duties  will  be  so  performed  as  not  to  interfere  with  proper  rest  and 
recreation. 

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34  REGIMENTAL   STAFF. 

231.  Upon  the  last  day  of  September  and  March  of  each  year,  command- 
ing officers  of  companies  will  forward  to  their  regimental  commanders 
reports  showing  the  character  and  scope  of  instruction  imi)arted  during  the 
previous  six  months,  the  number  and  kind  of  drills,  and  number  of  recita- 
tions with  average  attendance  thereon.  Regimental  commanders  will  for- 
ward abstracts  of  these  reports  through  military  channels  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  for  the  information  of  the  Commanding  General. 

232.  Regimental  field  officers  are  assigned  by  department  commanders  to 
the  posts  or  stations  where  their  services  are  most  required,  provided  troops 
of  their  own  regiments  are  stationed  there.  Lieutenant-colonels  and  majors 
on  duty  at  posts  are  assigned  to  battalions  by  post  commanders. 

THE   REGIMENTAL   STAFF. 

233.  The  staff  of  a  regiment  consists  of  the  adjutant  and  quartermaster 
and  they  will  be  so  designated.  They  will  be  appointed  by  the  regimental 
commander,  who  will  at  once  report  his  action  to  the  Adjutant-General  by 
telegraph;  the  appointment  of  the  quartermaster  is  made  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  Each  appointment  will  take  effect  the 
day  on  which  it  is  made,  and  the  officer  appointed  will  be  entitled  to  the  pay 
pertaining  thereto  from  the  date  when  he  assumes  the  duties  under  such 
appointment. 

234.  The  adjutant  or  quartermaster  may  hold  office  for  four  years,  includ- 
ing all  periods  of  such  service,  and  no  longer.     He  will  not  be  eligible  for  a 

,  second  tour  of  such  duty  nor  for  appointment  or  reappointment  to  either 
position,  except  to  serve  an  unexpired  term  of  four  years. 

235.  A  regimental  commander  is  restricted  in  his  choice  of  staff  officers 
to  the  lieutenants  on  duty  with  the  regiment  and  who  are  not  at  a  school  of 
instruction  nor  with  light  batteries.  Should  he  desire  to  appoint  a  lieuten- 
ant absent  from  the  regiment,  the  lieutenant  must  join  before  the  appoint- 
ment can  be  made. 

236.  The  adjutant,  under  the  direction  of  the  regimental  commander, 
will  have  charge  of  the  various  rosters  of  service  ;  he  will  make,  publish,  and 
verify  all  details,  keep  the  records  of  the  regiment,  and  perform  such  military 
duties  with  troops  as  are  required  by  regulations.  Through  him  the  regi- 
mental commander  communicates  with  the  officers  and  men  of  his  command. 

231.  The  adjutant  should  be  courteous  to,  and  on  friendly  terms  with, 
the  officers  of  the  command  he  represents,  and  will  avoid  all  discussions  of 
the  orders  or  military  conduct  of  his  superiors.  He  should  inform  himself 
upon  all  points  of  military  usage  and  etiquette,  and,  on  i3roper  occasions,  aid 
with  his  advice  and  experience  the  subalterns  of  the  regiment,  especially  those 
just  entering  the  service.  He  will  endeavor  at  all  times  to  exert  the  influence 
belonging  to  his  station  in  sustaining  the  reputation,  discipline,  and  harmony 
of  the  regiment. 

238.  The  adjutant  and  quartermaster  are,  under  the  regimental  com- 
mander, responsible  for  the  discipline  and  efficiency  of  the  noncommissioned 
staff  and  band. 

239.  The  quartermaster  is  responsible  for  all  quartermaster's  supplies  of 
the  regiment,  and  may  be  required  to  perform  the  duties  of  quartermaster 
and  commissary  of  the  post  where  he  is  stationed. 


REGIMENTAL    STAFF,  RECORDS    AND    BANDS.  35 

240.  An  officer  of  the  regimental  staff  may  be  assigned  to  duty  with  a 
company,  or  to  any  staff  duty  which  his  regimental  commander  may  impose. 

241.  The  regimental  commander  appoints  the  noncommissioned  staff, 
which  consists  of  the  sergeant-major  and  quartermaster-sergeant ;  also  the 
regimental  noncommissioned  officers,  consisting  of  the  chief  musician,  and 
principal  musicians  or  chief  trumpeter  and  saddler-sergeant,  according  to 
arm,  each  of  whom  will  be  furnished  with  a  warrant  (his  personal  prop- 
erty), signed  by  the  regimental  commander  and  countersigned  by  the  adju- 
tant. The  appointment  takes  effect  the  day  on  which  it  is  made,  and  the 
warrant  may  be  continued  in  force  upon  discharge  and  re-enlistment,  if 
re-enlistment  is  made  on  the  day  following  discharge,  every  such  re-enlist- 
ment to  be  noted  on  the  warrant  by  the  regimental  commander.  Regi- 
mental noncommissioned  staff  officers  and  regimental  noncommissioned 
officers  may  be  reduced  to  the  ranks  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial  or  by 
order  of  the  regimental  commander. 

242.  The  public  property  pertaining  to  the  headquarters  of  the  regi- 
ment will  be  marked  ' '  H.  Q. , "  with  arm  and  number  of  regiment ;  the  equip- 
ments in  possession  of  the  noncommissioned  staff,  regimental  noncommis- 
sioned officers  and  band  will  be  marked  "N. C.S.,"  "N.C.,"  and  "Band," 
respectively,  and  with  the  arm  and  number  of  the  regiment  and  of  the  man 
to  whom  the  articles  are  issued. 

REGIMENTAL   RECORDS. 

243.  Regimental  records  will  consist  of  an  order  book,  a  letters-received 
book,  an  index  book  for  letters  received,  a  letters-sent  book,  an  index  book 
for  letters  sent,  and  a  regimental  fund  book,  furnished  by  the  Quarter- 
master's Department ;  a  descriptive  book,  furnished  by  the  Adjutant-General 
of  the  Army;  all  orders,  circulars,  and  instructions  from  higher  authority, 
copies  of  the  monthly  returns,  muster  rolls  of  the  field,  staff,  and  band, 
other  regimental  returns  and  reports,  and  all  correspondence  concerning 
the  regiment  or  affecting  its  personnel. 

244.  All  orders  and  circulars  from  the  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  or  of 
the  corps,  division,  brigade,  or  territorial  department  in  which  the  regiment 
may  be  serving,  will  be  filed  in  book  form  and  indexed  as  soon  as  received. 

REGIMENTAL  BANDS. 

245.  Each  regimental  band  will  consist  of  one  sergeant  and  twenty 
privates,  in  addition  to  the  chief  musician,  and  principal  musicians  or  chief 
trumpeter.  The  regimental  commander  will  designate  the  company  from 
which  the  sergeant  is  to  be  taken  and  the  number  of  men  of  each  company 
to  serve  with  the  band.  Vacancies  thus  caused  will  not  be  filled.  The 
number  of  men  in  and  attached  to  the  band  will  not  exceed  twenty-four. 

246.  Band  musicians  will  be  dropped  from  company  muster  rolls,  but 
will  be  instructed  as  soldiers,  and  are  liable  to  serve  in  the  ranks  on  any 
occasion.  They  will  be  mustered  with  the  regimental  noncommissioned 
staff  and  be  included  in  the  aggregate  on  all  regimental  returns. 

24  v.  When  a  regiment  occupies  several  stations  the  band  will  be  kept  at 
the  headquarters,  provided  one  or  more  companies  be  serving  there.  The 
field  musicians  of  companies  will  not  be  separated  therefrom. 


36  TROOPS,    BATTERIES    AND    COMPANIES. 

24§.  Musical  instruments,  mentioned  in  paragraph  1201,  extra  parts 
therefor,  and  equipments  for  bands,  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermas- 
ter's Department.  Musical  instruments  other  than  those  above  referred  to 
may  be  purchased  from  available  regimental  funds.  The  quartermaster 
will  be  accountable  for  band  instruments  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department ;  the  adjutant  for  those  purchased  from  the  regimental  fund. 

249.  Regimental  commanders  will  notify  the  Adjiitant-General  of  the 
Army  direct  when  field  or  band  musicians  are  required. 

250.  Commanding  officers  will  require  bands  to  play  national  and  patri- 
otic airs  on  appropriate  occasions. 

ARTICLE   XXXII. 

Troops,  Batteries  and  Companies. 

OFFICERS   and   NONCOMMISSIONED   OFFICERS. 

251.  Captains,  although  eligible  for  appointment  as  aids,  and  liable  to 
the  temporary  details  of  service,  will  not,  except  for  urgent  reasons,  be 
detached  from  their  companies. 

252.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  company  is  responsible  for  its  appear- 
ance, discipline,  and  efficiency;  for  the  care  and  preservation  of  its  equip- 
ment ;  for  the  proper  performance  of  duties  connected  with  its  subsistence, 
pay,  clothing,  accounts,  reports,  and  returns. 

253.  In  the  absence  of  its  captain,  the  command  of  a  company  devolves 
upon  the  subaltern  next  in  rank  who  is  serving  with  it,  unless  otherwise 
specially  directed. 

254.  In  the  absence  of  all  the  officers  of  a  company,  the  post  commander 
will  assign  an  officer,  preferably  of  the  same  regiment,  to  its  command.  If 
there  be  no  officer  available,  the  fact  vnll  be  reported  to  the  department 
commander. 

255.  Captains  will  require  their  lieutenants  to  assist  in  the  performance 
of  all  company  duties,  including  the  keeping  of  records  and  the  preparation 
of  the  necessary  reports  and  returns. 

256.  Noncommissioned  officers  will  be  carefully  selected  and  instructed, 
and  always  supported  by  company  commanders  in  the  proper  performance 
of  their  duties.  They  will  not  be  detailed  for  any  duty  nor  permitted  to 
engage  in  any  occupation  inconsistent  with  their  rank  and  position.  Offi- 
cers will  be  cautious  in  reproving  them  in  the  presence  or  hearing  of  private 
soldiers. 

257.  Sergeants  and  corporals  are  appointed  by  regimental  commanders, 
on  the  recommendation  of  their  company  commanders.  To  test  the  capacity 
of  privates  for  the  duties  of  noncommissioned  officers,  company  commanders 
may  appoint  lance  corporals,  who  will  hold  such  appointments  not  to  exceed 
three  months,  and  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  as  corporals.  The  appoint- 
ments, with  the  approval  of  the  regimental  or  post  commander,  may  be 
renewed  for  three  months ;  but  no  company  shall  have  more  than  one  lance 
corporal  at  a  time.  Lance  corporals  holding  renewed  appointments  are  on 
the  same  footing  regarding  reduction  as  corporals.  A  lance  coi-poral  hold- 
ing a  first  appointment  will  wear  the  uniform  of  a  private,  with  a  chevron 
having  one  bar  of  lace  or  braid  :  if  holding  a  renewed  appointment  he  will 


COMPANIES COMPANY  RECORDS.  37 

wear  the  uniform  of  a  corporal,  except  that  the  chevron  will  have  but  one 
bar  of  lace  or  braid. 

258.  The  captain  will  select  the  first  sergeant  from  the  sergeants  of  his 
company,  and  may  return  him  to  the  grade  of  sergeant  without  reference 
to  higher  authority. 

259.  Every  noncommissioned  officer  will  be  furnished  with  a  certificate 
or  warrant  of  his  rank,  signed  by  the  colonel  and  countersigned  by  the 
adjutant ;  but  a  separate  warrant  as  first  sergeant  will  not  be  given.  A 
warrant  issued  to  a  noncommissioned  officer  is  his  personal  property.  War- 
rants need  not  be  renewed  in  cases  of  re-enlistment  in  the  same  company,  if 
re-enlistment  is  made  the  day  following  the  day  of  discharge,  but,  upon 
request,  may  remain  in  force  until  vacated  by  promotion  or  reduction,  each 
re-enlistment  to  be  noted  on  the  warrant  by  the  company  commander. 

260.  Appointments  of  sergeants  and  corporals  will  take  effect  on  the  day 
of  appointment  by  the  regimental  commander,  and  of  first  sergeants,  artifi- 
cers, blacksmiths,  farriers,  saddlers,  and  wagoners  on  the  day  of  appoint- 
ment by  the  company  commander ;  but  in  case  of  vacancy  in  a  company  in 
the  field  and  absent  from  regimental  headquarters,  a  company  commander 
may  make  a  temporary  appointment  of  a  sergeant  or  corporal,  which,  if 
approved  by  the  regimental  commander,  will  carry  rank  and  pay  from  the 
date  of  such  appointment. 

261 .  A  noncommissioned  officer  may  be  reduced  to  the  ranks  by  sentence 
of  a  court-martial,  or  by  the  order  of  the  regimental  commander  on  the 
recommendation  of  the  company  commander.  If  reduced  to  the  ranks  by 
sentence  of  court-martial  at  a  post  not  the  headquarters  of  his  regiment, 
the  company  commander  will  forward  a  transcript  of  the  order  to  the  regi- 
mental commander.  The  desertion  of  a  noncommissioned  officer  vacates 
his  position  on  the  date  of  desertion. 

262.  Artificers  are  mechanics  whose  services  are  necessary  for  the  public 
interest, 

263.  A  soldier  may,  when  necessary,  be  relieved  from  ordinary  military 
duty  to  make,  repair,  or  alter  uniforms.  The  post  council  will  fix  the  rates 
to  be  charged,  which  will  not  exceed  the  cost  of  doing  such  work  at  the 
clothing  depot,  and  company  commanders  will  cause  to  be  deducted  from 
the  pay  of  enlisted  men  and  turned  over  to  the  proper  party  the  amount 
properly  due  therefor. 

COMPANY  BOOKS   AND   RECORDS. 

264.  The  company  records  will  consist  of  :  A  company  order  book,  a  book 
of  letters  received,  an  index  of  letters  received,  a  book  of  letters  sent,  an 
index  of  letters  sent,  a  company  council  book,  supplied  by  the  Quartermas- 
ter's Department;  a  sick  report  book,  a  company  clothing  book,  a  morning 
report  book,  a  descriptive  and  deposit  book,  and  a  duty  roster,  supplied  by 
the  Adjutant-General;  also  for  a  company  of  cavalry  or  light  artillery,  a 
descriptive  book  of  public  animals,  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment. A  record  of  vaccinations  will  be  entered  in  the  descriptive  and 
deposit  book.  The  records  will  also  contain  orders  and  instructions  received 
from  higher  authority,  retained  copies  of  the  various  rolls,  reports,  and 
returns  required  by  regulations  and  existing  orders,  and  all  letters  and  cor- 
respondence affecting  the  personnel  of   the  company.     Copies  of   orders 


38  COMPANIES. 

entered  by  first  sergeants  in  company  order  books  vn\l  be  attested  by  the 
adjntant. 

265.  The  records  of  each  company  or  detachment  vnll  contain  full  infor- 
mation respecting  all  quartermaster "s  supplies,  showing  list  of  articles,  date 
of  receipt,  from  whom  received,  and  name  of  officer  who  signed  memoran- 
diim  receipt  therefor;  also  an  account  of  all  articles  turned  in,  expended, 
stolen,  lost,  or  destroyed ;  and  the  company  or  detachment  commander  will 
quarterly  and  when  relinquishing  his  command  have  a  settlement  with  the 
quartermaster. 

INTERIOR   ECONOMY   OF   COMPANIES. 

266.  Company,  band,  and  detachment  commanders  will  make  a  com- 
plete inspection  of  their  organizations  under  arms  every  Saturday.  They 
will  also  make  a  daily  inspection  of  the  men's  quarters  and  kitchens,  giving 
particular  attention  to  cleanliness  and  the  proper  preparation  of  food,  and 
noting  whether  all  lamps  in  use  have  been  cleaned,  filled,  and  made  ready 
for  lighting,  before  dark.  No  one  will  be  excused  from  Saturday  inspection 
except  the  guard  and  the  sick  in  hospital.  Cavalry  and  field  artillery  will 
habitually  be  inspected  mounted. 

267 .  The  company  commander  will  cause  the  enlisted  men  of  the  com- 
pany to  be  numbered  and  divided  into  four  squads,  each  under  the  charge 
of  a  noncommissioned  officer.  As  far  as  practicable  the  men  of  each  squad 
will  be  quartered  together. 

26§.  In  quarters  the  name  of  each  soldier  will  be  attached  to  his  bunk, 
arms  ^\^ll  be  kept  in  racks,  bayonets  in  their  scabbards.  Accoutrements 
and  sabers  ^vill  be  hung  up  by  the  belts. 

269.  Strict  attention  will  be  paid  by  company  commanders  to  the  clean- 
liness of  the  men  and  to  the  police  of  barracks  or  tents.  The  men  wall  be 
required  to  bathe  frequently.  The  hair  will  be  kept  short  and  the  beard 
neatly  trimmed.     Soiled  clothing  will  be  kept  in  the  barrack  bag. 

2'yO.  A  thorough  police  of  barracks  will  precede  the  Saturday  inspection. 
The  chiefs  of  squads  will  see  that  bunks  and  bedding  are  overhauled,  floors, 
tables,  and  benches  scoured,  arms  and  accoutrements  cleaned,  and  all  arti- 
cles of  black  leather  polished. 

271.  Chiefs  of  squads  wall  be  held  responsible  for  the  cleanliness  of  their 
men.  They  will  see  that  those  who  are  to  go  on  duty  put  their  arms,  accou- 
trements and  clothing  in  the  best  order,  and  that  such  as  have  passes  leave 
the  post  in  proper  dress. 

2T2.  Soldiers  will  wear  uniform  in  camp  or  garrison,  and  will  not  be 
permitted  to  keep  other  clothing  in  their  possession.  When  on  fatigue  they 
will  ^svear  suitable  fatigue  dress. 

273.  The  articles  borne  upon  the  annual  price  list  of  clothing,  published 
in  orders,  will  be  considered  the  uniform,  and  no  deviation  therefrom  will 
be  allowed. 

274.  Company  commanders  will  see  that  all  public  property  in  the  pos- 
session of  enlisted  men  is  kept  in  good  order,  and  that  missing  or  damaged 
articles  are  duly  accounted  for. 

275.  Company  commanders  are  responsible  for  text-books  issued  for  the 
use  of  their  companies. 


MESSING    AND    COOKING.  39 

276.  Enlisted  men  will  not  take  their  arms  apart  except  by  permission 
of  a  commissioned  officer.  The  mutilation  of.  any  part  by  filing  or  other- 
wise, and  attempts  to  beautify  or  change  the  finish,  are  prohibited. 
Pieces  will  be  unloaded  before  being  taken  to  quarters  or  tents  and  as  soon 
as  the  men  using  them  are  relieved  from  duty  unless  otherwise  ordered. 
The  use  of  tompions  in  small  arms  is  forbidden. 

ay  7.  The  use  of  any  dressing  or  polishing  material  on  leather  accoutre- 
ments, equipments,  or  harness,  except  the  preparations  supplied  by  the  Ord- 
nance Department  for  that  purpose,  is  forbidden. 

278.  Equipments  will  be  fitted  to  the  men  under  the  direction  of  an 
officer ;  all  other  changes  are  prohibited. 

279.  Articles  of  public  property  issued  to  a  company  for  its  exclusive 
use  will,  when  practicable,  be  marked  with  the  letter  of  the  company  and 
number  and  arm  of  the  regiment.  Such  articles  issued  to  an  enlisted  man 
(arms  and  clothing  excepted)  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  be  marked  with  the 
number  of  the  man,  letter  of  the  company,  and  number  of  the  regiment. 
Haversacks  and  blanket  bags  will  be  uniformly  marked  on  the  outside  as 
follows:  Cavalry,  crossed  sabers;  artillery,  crossed  cannons;  infantry, 
crossed  rifles  ;  with  letter  of  company  above  and  number  of  regiment  below 
the  intersection ;  the  special  coi-ps  of  the  Army  according  to  their  respective 
devices.  The  design  will  be  stenciled  in  black,  the  device  five  inches  long, 
and  letters  and  numbers  in  full-faced  characters  one  inch  high.  The  design 
will  be  placed  above  letters  "U.  S."  on  equipments,  and  the  number  of 
the  soldier,  in  characters  one  inch  high,  will  be  placed  at  the  bottom,  near 
the  lower  edge  of  the  blanket  bag.  The  canteen  will  be  marked  with  the 
letter  of  the  company,  number  of  the  regiment,  and  number  of  the  man. 

MESSING  AND  COOKING. 

2§0.  In  camp  or  barracks,  where  companies  are  not  joined  in  a  general 
mess,  a  company  commander  will  supervise  the  cooking  and  messing  of  his 
men.  He  will  see  that  his  company  is  provided  with  at  least  two  copies  of 
the  Manual  for  Army  Cooks,  and  that  suitable  men  in  sufficient  numbers 
are  fully  instructed  in  managing  and  cooking  the  ration  in  the  field;  also 
that  necessary  utensils  in  serviceable  condition  are  always  on  hand,  together 
with  the  field  mess  furniture  for  each  man.  At  a  post  where  all  the  com- 
panies are  joined  in  a  general  mess,  the  post  commander  will  see  that  the 
instruction  above  mentioned  is  given.  At  such  a  post  a  company  com- 
mander will  confine  his  supervision  of  the  mess  of  his  company  to  observa- 
tion and  to  notifying  the  officer  in  charge  in  writing  of  anything  requir- 
ing remedy.  Should  this  officer  fail  to  apply  proper  remedy,  report  may 
then  be  made  to  the  post  commander.  A  department  commander  will  see 
that  each  company  of  his  command  has  the  necessary  field  practice  each  year. 

281.  Kitchens  will  be  placed  under  the  immediate  charge  of  noncom- 
missioned officers,  who  will  be  held  responsible  for  their  condition  and  for 
the  proper  use  of  rations.  No  one  will  be  allowed  to  visit  or  remain  in  the 
kitchen  except  those  who  go  there  on  duty,  or  are  employed  therein.  The 
greatest  care  will  be  observed  in  cleaning  and  scouring  cooking  utensils. 

282.  Special  regulations  for  soldiers'  fare  can  not  be  made  to  suit  each 
locality  and  circumstance.  Personal  care  and  judgm'ent  on  the  part  of  com- 
pany officers  are  relied  on  to  prevent  waste  or  misuse.    By  due  economy 


40  MESSING — -COUNCILS. 

some  part  of  the  ration  can  be  saved  and  sold,  and  the  proceeds  applied  to 
provide  additional  articles  of  diet. 

283.  The  Manual  for  Army  Cooks  contains  comprehensive  instructions 
in  cooking,  which  will  be  observed  as  far  as  practicable. 

2S4.  The  food  of  prisoners  will  be  sent  to  their  places  of  confinement 
when  x)racticable,  but  post  commanders  may  arrange  to  send  prisoners, 
under  proper  guard,  to  their  messes. 

285.  Kitchen  and  table  ware  and  mess  furniture  will  be  supplied  by  the 
Quartermaster's  Department.  Allowances  will  be  announced  in  orders. 
Post  commanders  will  enforce  rigid  economy  in  regard  to  such  property. 
Articles  broken,  lost  or  damaged  will  be  charged  to  individuals  at  fault. 
Such  proportions  of  company  allowances  of  fuel,  illuminating  supplies, 
brooms,  and  scrubbing  brushes  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  service  of  a  gen- 
eral mess  will  be  allotted  by  the  post  commander. 

286.  In  the  field  the  mess  furniture  of  a  soldier  will  be  limited  to  one  tin 
cup,  knife,  fork  and  spoon,  and  such  device  for  individual  cooking  as  may 
be  furnished  by  the  Ordnance  Department. 

ARTICLE    XXXIII. 

Councils  of  Administration. 

287.  Post,  post  exchange,  company,  and  mess  councils  of  administration 
are  assembled  to  audit  the  bakery,  exchange,  company,  and  mess  funds, 
respectively,  to  ascertain  and  examine  the  sources  from  which,  and  methods 
by  which,  they  have  accrued,  and  to  recommend  expenditures  therefrom. 
Post  councils  are  also  called  to  deliberate  upon  and  recommend  action,  within 
the  limits  allowed  by  regulations,  upon  such  subjects  affecting  the  welfare 
and  economy  of  the  post  as  commanding  officers  may  submit  to  them. 

288.  On  the  last  day  of  each  quarter,  and  when  necessary,  the  post,  post 
exchange,  and  general  mess  councils  will  be  convened  by  the  post  com- 
mander, and  the  company  council  by  the  company  commander.  The  mess 
and  exchange  councils  will  also  meet  at  the  call  of  their  presidents.  The 
post  council  will  consist  of  the  three  officers  on  duty  at  the  post  next  in  rank 
to  the  commander,  or  of  as  many  as  are  available,  if  less  than  three.  If 
only  the  commanding  officer  be  present,  he  will  act.  The  post  exchange 
council  will  consist  of  three  officers,  viz,  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  exchange 
and  two  company  commanders  detailed  by  roster,  or  when  this  is  impracti- 
cable, the  exchange  council  will  be  constituted  as  prescribed  for  the  post 
council.  The  company  council  will  consist  of  all  officers  present  for  duty 
with  the  company,  and  the  mess  council  of  the  commanders  of  the  several 
companies  participating  in  the  general  mess. 

289.  The  junior  member  of  each  council  will  record  its  proceedings  in 
the  appropriate  book,  and  they  will  be  signed  bj^  the  i^resident  and  recorder. 
Those  of  the  post,  exchange,  and  mess  councils  will  be  submitted  to  the 
post  commander,  who  will  sign  his  approval  or  objection  in  the  council 
book.  Should  the  post  commander  disapprove  the  proceedings,  and  the 
council,  after  reconsideration,  adhere  to  its  conclusions,  a  copy  of  the  pro- 
ceedings will  be  sent  by  the  commanding  officer  to  the  department  com- 
mander, whose  decision  thereon  upon  all  questions  not  involving  pecuniary 
responsibility  will  be  final.     Upon  such  questions  appeal  may  be  taken  to  the 


FUNDS,  REGIMENTAL  AND  BAKERY.  41 

Secretary  of  War.  The  final  orders  in  each  case  will  be  entered  in  the  council 
book.  In  the  proceedings  of  company  councils  the  post  commander  will 
decide  disagreements. 

290.  The  post  council  will  fix  laundry  charges,  prices  charged  by  trades- 
men for  making  and  repairing  uniforms  of  enlisted  men,  and  when  directed 
will  submit  regulations  for  the  post  school. 

291.  The  commanding  officer  who  approves  the  appropriations  of  a  coun- 
cil, and  in  the  matter  of  the  company  fund  the  company  commander,  will 
be  held  responsible  for  all  expenditures  not  made  in  accordance  with  regu- 
lations. 

292.  In  case  of  loss  of  regimental,  bakery,  exchange,  company,  or  mess 
funds,  the  circumstances  will  be  carefully  investigated  and  reported  by  the 
post  council,  with  recommendation  as  to  responsibility,  for  the  decision  of 
the  department  commander.  In  case  of  appeal  from  his  action  the  papers 
will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  the  decision  of 
the  War  Department. 

ARTICLE    XXXIV. 

Regimental,  Bakery,  Company  and  Mess  Funds. 

general  provisions. 

293*  The  purchase  from  regimental,  bakery,  company,  or  mess  funds, 
of  any  article  which  can  be  obtained  on  requisition  from  a  supply  depart- 
ment is  forbidden. 

294.  No  projects  by  which  money  will  accrue  will  be  entered  upon  under 
color  of  military  control  without  specific  authority  from  the  War  Depart- 
ment. 

REGIMENTAL  FUND. 

295.  This  fund  consists  of  the  gross  amounts  received  on  account  of  the 
band  from  post  exchange  profits,  voluntary  contributions,  amounts  retained 
for  regimental  use  from  proceeds  of  private  engagements  of  the  band  and 
from  sale  of  articles  purchased.  The  adjutant  will  be  the  treasurer  of  the 
fund,  and  will  disburse  it  under  the  direction  of  the  regimental  commander. 
A  record  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures  and  a  complete  list  of  property 
purchased  will  be  kept  in  the  regimental  fund  book. 

BAKERY   FUND. 

296.  The  usual  ration  of  bread  is  18  ounces,  but  the  weight  of  it  may 
be  increased  within  the  limits  of  the  flour  ration,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
commanding  officer,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  post  council  of  admin- 
istration. Such  portion  of  the  flour  as  the  company  commander  deems  neces- 
sary for  food  in  other  forms  than  bread — not  exceeding  two  ounces  per 
ration — may  be  drawn  by  the  company.  The  remainder  will  be  turned  into 
the  post  bakery,  and  for  each  ration  of  flour  thus  turned  in  the  company  is 
entitled  to  one  ration  of  bread  or  the  price  of  one  flour  ration.  Savings  on  the 
flour  ration,  ordinarily  33  per  cent.,  will  be  disposed  of  by  the  post  treasurer 
for  the  benefit  of  the  troops ;  bread  may  be  baked  from  it  for  sale  to  civilian 
employees  and  others  connected  \\T.th  the  military  service  at  the  post,  and 
to  post  exchanges ;  the  residue  of  the  flour  will  be  sold.  At  the  end  of  every 
quarter  the  post  council  will  make  an  equitable  distribution  of  the  money 
savings  of  the  bakery,  and  this  action  when  approved  by  the  post  commander 


42  FUNDS,  COMPANY  AND  MESS. 

will  be  final.  Surplus  bread  will  be  sold  only  b}^  the  bakery.  When 
enlisted  men  or  others  entitled  to  rations  are  allowed  to  mess  separately 
from  companies  or  organizations,  they  will  not,  when  flour  is  issued  to  them 
by  the  Subsistence  Department,  be  required  to  turn  it  into  the  post  bakery 
if  they  prefer  the  ration  of  flour  to  the  ration  of  bread  issued  therefrom, 
but  they  will  not  be  entitled  to  any  share  of  the  bakery  profits.  The  sav- 
ings of  flour  by  troops  in  the  field  will  be  credited  to  the  company  fund. 

297.  The  bakery  fund  will  be  under  the  supervision  of  the  i)ost  council, 
and  will  be  collected  and  held  by  the  officer  appointed  by  the  post  com- 
mander as  post  treasurer,  who  will  also  act  as  post  librarian. 

298.  The  post  treasurer  will  open  an  account  with  the  bakery  fund  and 
will  make  payments  therefrom  in  pursuance  of  specific  appropriations  by 
the  post  council,  approved  by  the  post  commander.  The  account  will  at  all 
times  be  subject  to  the  post  commander's  inspection. 

299.  When  an  officer  is  relieved  from  duty  as  post  treasurer,  his  accounts 
will  be  audited  by  the  post  council. 

COMPANY  AND   MESS   FUNDS. 

300.  The  company  fund,  which  will  consist  of  the  gross  amounts  of 
money  received  from  all  sources,  is  received  by  the  company  commander 
and,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  company  council,  is  disbursed  by  him 
Bolely  for  the  benefit  of  the  company.  Articles  of  the  established  ration 
purchased  with  company  funds  will  be  purchased  from  the  commissary,  if 
practicable.  The  fund  of  the  hospital,  or  of  a  detachment  or  band  having 
a  separate  mess,  is  regarded  as  a  company  fund.  Moneys  accruing  to  the 
fund  of  a  detachment  of  the  Hospital  Corps,  together  with  the  proceeds 
from  the  savings  of  the  rations  of  the  sick  in  hospital,  belong  to  the  hospital 
fund. 

301.  The  companj^  commander  will  keep  an  account  of  the  company 
fund,  which  will  be  subject  to  inspection  by  the  commander  of  the  post  and 
regiment  and  members  of  the  company  council. 

302.  Extra  compensation  may  be  paid  to  enlisted  men  from  company  or 
general  mess  funds  as  follows :  From  a  company  fund,  25  cents  per  day  to 
the  head  cook ;  from  a  general  mess  fund,  not  exceeding  $2,00  per  day,  to  be 
apportioned  by  the  mess  council  among  the  cooks  and  other  necessary 
regular  attendants.  Of  this  $2.00  the  mess  council  may  allot  to  the  mess 
steward  (who  may  be  a  noncommissioned  officer)  a  per  diem  of  50  cents, 
and  in  addition  thereto  a  share  of  the  remaining  $1.50.  The  head  cook  of 
a  company  and  such  of  the  regular  attendants  of  a  general  mess  as  the  com- 
manding officer  may  designate  will  be  inspected  and  mustered  in  the  kitchen 
or  mess  hall.  They  will  be  excused  from  the  ordinary  post  duties,  but  will 
attend  target  practice  when  practicable. 

303.  An  officer  appointed  by  the  post  commander  will,  under  his  direc- 
tion, conduct  the  general  mess  affairs,  make  necessary  purchases,  and  have 
charge  of  the  mess  fund.  Quarterly  and  when  relieved  he  will  submit  to 
the  mess  council  a  statement  of  all  business  dealings  and  money  transac- 
tions, with  proper  vouchers.  Upon  the  call  of  the  mess  council,  he  will 
furnish  information  regarding  the  condition  and  management  of  the  mess. 
A  company  on  taking  the  field  or  ^^^thdrawing  from  a  general  mess  will  be 
entitled  to  a  just  share  of  the  fund  thereof,  to  be  determined  by  the  mess 
council,  approved  by  the  post  commander. 


BAKERIES,  LIBRARIES,  ETC.  43 


ARTICLE    XXXV. 

Post  Bakeries. 

304.  Bread  will  be  baked  in  post  bakeries  when  practicable.  At  all 
permanent  posts  a  suitable  building  for  the  purpose,  and  the  necessary- 
utensils  and  furniture  therefor,  will  be  provided  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department.  Such  necessarj^  fuel  as  can  be  saved  from  authorized  issues  to 
troops  maybe  used  in  post  bakeries.  If  more  is  needed  it  may  be  purchased 
from  the  quartermaster  at  contract  price.  The  post  treasurer,  under  the 
supervision  of  the  commanding  officer,  will  have  charge  of  the  bakery. 

305.  A  competent  enlisted  man  will  be  detailed  as  chief  baker,  and  if 
necessary,  one  or  more  enlisted  men  as  assistant  bakers. 

306.  Extra  pay  to  post  bakers  will  be  paid  from  the  bakery  fund,  and 
the  following  daily  rates  are  authorized :  To  the  chief  baker  at  a  post  of  one 
company,  25  cents ;  two  companies,  35  cents ;  three  companies,  40  cents ;  four 
or  more  companies,  50  cents.  To  each  necessary  assistant,  10  cents  less  than 
the  chief  baker,  when  the  chief  baker's  pay  is  40  cents  or  less,  and  15  cents 
less,  when  the  chief  baker's  j)ay  is  50  cents. 

307.  The  expenses  of  the  bakery  will  be  restricted  to  the  extra  pay  of  the 
bakers,  the  purchase  of  articles  necessary  for  making  bread,  and  utensils 
not  furnished  by  the  supply  departments.  These  expenses  must  be  paid 
from  the  savings  of  the  flour  ration. 

308.  The  chief  baker  will  be  inspected  and  mustered  at  the  post  bakery. 
He  will  be  excused  from  ordinary  post  duties,  but  will  attend  target  prac- 
tice when  practicable. 

309.  The  baking  of  bread  by  companies  at  posts  is  expressly  forbidden. 

ARTICLE    XXXVI. 

Libraries,  Reading  Rooms,  etc. 

310.  At  each  permanent  post  suitable  rooms  will  be  set  apart  for  use 
as  library,  reading  room,  chapel  and  school.  The  Quartermaster-General 
will  procure  and  forward  to  post  libraries  such  newspapers  and  periodicals, 
and  to  post  schools  such  schoolbooks,  stationery  and  school  material  for  the 
use  of  enlisted  men  as  are  authorized  bj^  the  Secretary  of  War.  Newspapers 
and  periodicals  will  not  be  taken  from  the  library;  schoolbooks  will  not  be 
taken  from  the  schoolroom  except  for  the  proper  use  of  those  attending  the 
post  school.  These  books  and  periodicals  are  intended  especially  for  the  use 
of  enlisted  men.  Books  for  post  chapel  services  are  not  furnished  by  the 
Government;  the  chaplain  is  expected  to  obtain  them  through  the  voluntary 
contributions  of  those  interested.  The  library  and  reading  rooms  may  be 
used  by  officers  in  such  manner  as  not  to  interfere  with  their  use  by  enlisted 
men. 

311.  At  any  post  where  building  material  can  be  obtained  without 
expense  to  the  Government,  and  enlisted  men  desire  to  erect  buildings  by 
their  own  labor  for  use  as  post  exchanges,  gymnasiums,  bowling  alleys,  and 
other  places  of  amusement,  the  post  commander  is  authorized  to  use  the 
necessary  teams  and  such  tools,  window  sash,  doors,  and  other  material  as 
may  be  on  hand  and  can  be  spared. 


44  GARDENS — SCHOOLS. 

312.  In  all  cases  of  necessary  removal,  the  articles  supplied  for  use  in 
bakeries,  libraries,  reading  rooms,  schools,  and  gymnasiums  will  be  trans- 
ported by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

313.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  furnish  fuel  for  heating 
libraries,  reading  rooms,  schools,  chapels,  and  gymnasiums  as  indicated 
in  paragraph  1006. 

ARTICLE    XXXVII. 

Post  Gardens. 

314.  Commanding  officers  of  posts  at  or  near  which  suitable  public 
lands  are  available,  will  set  aside  for  post  gardens  such  ground  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  production  of  vegetables  for  the  command  and  will  cause 
it  to  be  cultivated  by  the  garrison. 

315.  Seeds  for  post  gardens  may  be  procured  from  the  commissary,  or 
from  dealers  or  producers  in  the  vicinity  of  the  post.  Payment  for  such  arti- 
cles at  cost  prices  will  be  made  from  post  exchange  funds,  or  pro  rata  from 
company  and  hospital  funds. 

316.  Department  commanders  will  give  such  instructions  as  may  be  nec- 
essary for  carrying  these  regulations  into  effect  and  for  the  proper  distribu- 
tion of  products  of  gardens  among  those  entitled  to  them.  Surplus  products 
may  be  sold  and  the  proceeds  divided  among  the  company  funds  of  the  gar- 
rison according  to  strength  of  companies. 

ARTICLE    XXXVIII. 

Post  Schools. 

317.  The  instruction  of  enlisted  men  is  a  military  duty.  The  post  com- 
mander will  detail  an  officer  to  conduct  the  post  school.  Instrtiction  will  be 
given  by  officers,  assisted  by  teachers  detailed  from  the  enlisted  men.  Com- 
manding officers  are  enjoined  to  personally  aid  and  encourage  those  needing 
instruction,  which  will  not  be  restricted  to  the  elementary  branches,  but  will 
extend  to  and  include  any  subjects  for  which  enlisted  men  under  instruction 
may  have  an  aptitude,  or  which  they  can  pursue  with  advantage  to  them- 
selves or  to  the  service.  In  the  absence  of  proper  text-books  instruction 
will  be  oral.    Desks  and  other  material  needed  in  schoolrooms  will  be  sup- 

^  plied  by  the  quartermaster. 

318.  School  terms,  aggregating  not  less  than  four  months  in  each  year, 
will  be  designated  by  the  department  commander,  and  sessions  will  be  held 
daily,  Saturdays  and  Sundays  excepted.  At  the  beginning  of  each  term, 
company  commanders  will  furnish  to  the  post  commander  a  list  of  men 
needing  or  desiring  instruction. 

319.  The  number  of  teachers  detailed  from  the  enlisted  men  will  not 
exceed  one  to  every  fifteen  pupils  or  fraction  of  that  number.  If  there  be  no 
enlisted  men  present  suitable  for  such  detail,  the  commanding  officer  will 
apply  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  the  number  required.  For 
Saturdays  and  Sundays  and  during  vacation  but  one  teacher  at  each  post 
will  be  allowed  extra-duty  pay,  and  he  will  be  required  to  care  for  the 
schoolbooks  and  property,  and  to  teach  the  recruits  and  children.  A  school- 
teacher is  not  entitled  to  extra-duty  i)ay  while  absent  on  furlough  or  on 
pass  exceeding  twenty-four  hours. 


SCHOOLS — EXCHANGES.  45 

320.  The  adjutanirgeneral  of  each  department  will,  under  the  direction 
of  its  commander,  have  a  general  supervision  of  the  post  schools  of  the 
department.  He  will  make,  annually,  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army 
a  full  report  of  their  condition  and  progress,  setting  forth  specifically  any  case 
of  failure  or  neglect  on  the  part  of  a  post  commander  to  take  proper  interest 
in  them  or  to  facilitate  their  operation.  This  report  will  accompany  the 
annual  report  of  the  department  commander.  Twice  each  year  reports  will 
be  rendered  by  officers  in  charge  of  schools  on  the  prescribed  forms,  through 
post  commanders,  to  the  adjutant-general  of  the  department,  who  will  for- 
ward a  consolidation  thereof  with  his  annual  report. 

3121.  Officers  of  the  Inspector-General's  Department  will  examine  into 
the  system  of  instruction,  advise  post  commanders  of  defects  and  suggest 
methods  of  improvement.  They  will  endeavor  to  bring  about  uniformity 
in  methods  of  management  and  instruction. 

322.  At  posts  where  the  number  of  children  present  will  admit  of  it  and 
where  there  are  no  convenient  educational  privileges,  schools  will  be  main- 
tained at  which  the  attendance  of  children  of  officers  will  be  optional  with 
parents  and  those  of  enlisted  men  compulsory.  The  sessions  of  children's 
schools  will  be  during  such  hours  of  the  day  as  commanding  officers  may 
direct. 

323.  The  children  of  civilians  living  near  a  post  may  be  permitted  to 
attend  the  post  school.  In  such  cases  the  parents  will,  if  able,  pay  a  small 
compensation  for  the  privilege  and  will  supply  the  necessary  books. 

324.  The  officer  in  charge  of  the  post  school  will  regulate  the  character 
and  methods  of  instruction  and  enforce  necessary  discipline.  Enlisted  men 
in  attendance  who  misbehave  will  be  duly  reported  to  the  post  authorities. 
Harsh  punishment  will  nt)t  be  inflicted  upon  children ;  if  not  amenable  to 
discipline,  their  conduct  will  be  reported  to  the  commanding  officer,  who 
will  take  the  necessary  action.  For  noncompliance  with  the  rules  of  the 
school,  children  of  officers  may  be  deprived  of  its  privileges. 

ARTICLE    XXXIX. 

Post  Exchanges, 

325.  Post  exchanges  are  established  and  maintained  under  special  regu- 
lations prepared  by  the  War  Department,  which  will  be  published  from  time 
to  time. 

326.  On  June  30  and  December  31  of  each  year  the  commanding  officer 
of  a  post  at  which  an  exchange  is  conducted  will  submit  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army,  through  military  channels,  a  detailed  report  of  the 
operations  and  financial  condition  of  the  exchange,  accompanied  by  such 
remarks  touching  its  effect  upon  the  welfare  of  his  command  as  he  may 
deem  it  necessary  to  make  for  the  information  of  the  Commanding  General 
of  the  Army  and  the  Secretary  of  War. 

ARTICLE    XL. 

Care  of  Fortifications  and  Magazines. 

327.  No  person  will  be  permitted  to  walk  upon  any  of  the  slopes  of  a 
fortification,  excepting  the  ramps  and  glacis.    If  necessary  to  provide  for 


46  CARE    OF    FORTIFICATIONS. 

crossing  them,  it  should  be  done  by  means  of  wooden  steps  or  stairs.  The 
occasional  walking  of  persons  on  a  parapet  will  do  no  harm  pro\ided  the 
surface  is  not  cut  into  paths. 

328.  Animals  will  not  be  permitted  to  graze  upon  the  slopes,  parapets, 
or  ramparts,  nor  upon  the  glacis  except  within  fenced  limits  which  shall 
not  approach  within  30  feet  of  the  crest  of  the  glacis. 

329.  All  grassed  surfaces  except  the  glacis  will  be  frequently  mowed. 
In  cutting  the  grass  upon  small  slopes  a  sickle  will  be  used ;  in  mowing 
the  steep  slopes  the  mower  will  stand  on  a  light  ladder  resting  against  the 
slope. 

330.  Hay  may  be  cut  on  the  glacis,  or  if  fenced,  it  may  be  used  as  a  pas- 
ture ;  otherwise  it  will  be  treated  like  other  slopes  of  the  fortification.  On 
all  slopes  dead  sods  will  be  replaced  with  fresh  ones.  Weeds  will  be  eradi- 
cated. The  burning  of  grass  upon  any  portion  of  a  fortification  is  prohibited. 
The  formation  of  gullies  in  the  parade,  terreplein,  and  ramps,  will  be  pre- 
vented, especially  in  slopes  where  grass  is  not  well  established. 

33 1 .  Terrepleins,  floors,  pavements,  and  walks,  when  constructed  of  brick, 
masonry  or  concrete,  will  be  preserved  from  injury  with  great  care.  They 
will  be  protected  by  planks  whenever  it  is  necessary  to  move  guns  or  vehi- 
cles of  any  kind  over  them,  and  no  heavy  weight  will  be  permitted  to  fall 
upon  them. 

332.  Earth ,  sand  or  ashes  will  not  be  placed  against  woodwork.  "Wooden 
floors,  platforms  and  bridges  will  be  kept  clean  and  exposed  to  a  free  circu- 
lation of  air.  Doors  and  windows  of  all  storerooms,  of  unoccupied  case- 
mates, quarters  and  buildings  will  be  opened  several  times  a  week  for 
thorough  ventilation. 

333.  The  labor  required  by  this  article,  as  well  as  repairs  requiring  small 
disbursements,  such  as  repainting  exposed  wood  or  iron  work,  can  be  per- 
formed by  the  garrison ;  but  reports,  estimates,  and  requisitions  may  be 
necessary  to  obtain  materials. 

334.  The  taking  of  photographic  or  other  views  of  permanent  works  of 
defense  will  not  be  permitted. 

335.  Magazines  will  be  opened  for  ventilation  in  dry  weather  only.  The 
ventilators  will  be  kept  free.  No  shrubbery  or  trees  will  be  permitted  to 
screen  the  buildings  from  the  sun. 

336.  Moisture  in  a  magazine  may  be  absorbed  by  chloride  of  lime  placed 
in  an  open  vessel.     The  use  of  quicklime  is  dangerous. 

337.  Canes,  swords  or  other  articles  which  might  produce  sparks  will 
not  be  taken  into  a  magazine,  and  no  person  will  enter  without  first  remov- 
ing his  shoes  or  putting  on  magazine  slippers. 

338.  Barrels  containing  powder  will  be  occasionally  inspected  and 
brushed  to  prevent  insects  from  destroying  the  hoops.  Carbolic  acid  may 
be  used  as  a  preventive.  When  necessary  to  prevent  caking,  barrels  of  pow- 
der will  be  rolled  on  boards  outside  the  magazine.  Should  the  powder  be 
caked,  great  caution  must  be  used  in  breaking  the  lumps.  The  grains  must 
be  separated,  but  not  pulverized. 

339.  Under  no  circumstances  will  cartridge  bags  or  projectiles  be  filled 
in  a  magazine. 


LIGHT   ARTILLERY TORPEDO    SERVICE.  47 

340.  Smoking  or  fire  will  not  be  allowed  in  the  vicinity  of  a  magazine. 
Should  a  fire  accidentally  occur  near  by,  the  ventilators  and  windows  will 
be  immediately  closed  and  the  building  covered  with  paulins  or  blankets 
saturated  with  water.     No  attempt  should  be  made  to  remove  the  contents. 

341.  Such  articles  as  loaded  shells,  fuses,  friction  primers,  water  caps, 
rockets  and  fireworks  will  never  be  put  in  a  magazine  containing  powder. 

342.  Shells  will  not  be  charged  untir there  is  occasion  for  firing  them. 

343.  The  instructions  regarding  the  care  and  preservation  of  artillery 
material,  contained  in  the  authorized  Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery,  will  be 
observed  by  the  commanding  officer  of  each  military  post  at  which  such 
material  is  used  or  stored. 

ARTICLE   XLI. 

Light  Artillery  Instruction. 

344.  For  purposes  of  instruction  the  lieutenants  of  the  artillery  regi- 
ments will  be  assigned  for  tours  of  duty  not  exceeding  three  years  with  the 
light  batteries  of  their  respective  regiments.  Transfers  to  and  from  light 
batteries  will  be  made  by  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  after  consid- 
eration of  such  recommendations  as  may  be  made  by  the  regimental  com- 
manders, and  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  take  effect  on  the  1st  day  of  October. 
Regimental  commanders  will  forward  their  recommendations  in  due  season 
to  the  Adjutant- General  of  the  Army.  Details  for  light  artillery  instruc- 
tion will,  as  a  rule,  be  made  from  officers  who  are  not  on  detached  or  special 
service. 

34 »5.  Captains  of  light  batteries  will  be  assigned,  with  the  approval  of 
the  Secretary  of  War,  by  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army,  upon  the 
recommendation  of  regimental  commanders,  whose  recommendations  will 
be  based  solely  upon  the  special  qualifications  of  officers  for  the  command 
of  the  instruction  batteries. 

ARTICLE    XLII. 

Instruction  in  Torpedo  Service. 

346.  The  commanding  officer  of  each  cavalry,  artillery,  and  infantry 
regiment  may,  on  the  1st  day  of  September  of  each  year,  nominate  to  the 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army  one  subaltern  for  detail  at  Willets  Point, 
N.  Y.,  for  a  course  of  instruction  in  torpedo  service,  commencing  on  the  1st 
day  of  December  and  ending  on  the  1st  day  of  October  following.  The  nomi- 
nations thus  made  will  be  forwarded  through  the  regular  military  channels. 

347.  The  conditions  governing  the  detail  will  be  determined  each  year 
and  announced  in  general  orders  from  the  Headquarters  of  the  Army. 

ARTICLE    XLIII. 

Artillery  Practice. 

34§.  At  all  posts  with  fixed  batteries  the  position  of  every  gun,  mounted 
or  to  be  mounted,  will  have  its  number,  which  will  be  placed  on  the  gun 
when  in  position.  The  guns  will  be  numbered  in  a  regular  series,  com- 
mencing with  the  first  gun  on  the  left  of  the  main  entrance  looking  out. 


48  ARTILLERY    PRACTICE. 

Where  there  are  platforms  temporarily  unoccupied  by  guns  they  will  be 
'included  in  the  regular  series  of  numbering.  The  pieces  of  other  batteries 
will  be  numbered  from  right  to  left. 

349.  At  all  i^osts  with  fixed  batteries  a  book  will  be  kept,  known  as  the 
Post  Book  of  Artillery  Record,  in  which,  under  the  direction  of  the  post 
commander,  will  be  entered  the  number  of  each  mounted  gun,  its  caliber, 
weight,  names  of  founder  and  inspector,  and  other  marks,  the  description 
of  its  carriage,  whence  received,  date  of  receipt  at  post,  and  the  greatest  field 
of  fire  of  the  gun  in  position.  This  book  will  be  furnished  by  the  Ordnance 
Department.     Instructions  for  keeping  it  will  be  found  in  front  pages. 

350.  The  commanding  general  of  each  department  within  which  are  the 
headquarters  of  one  or  more  regiments  of  artillery,  with  the  approval  of 
the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army,  will  select  a  competent  field  officer 
of  artillery,  not  a  colonel,  to  be  attached  to  the  department  staff,  who  will 
be  designated  the  artillery  inspector.  He  will  perform  such  duties  in  con- 
nection with  his  arm  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by  the  department  com- 
mander, make  such  inspections  of  the  artillery  troops  and  material  in  the 
department  as  may  be  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  report  thereon 
to  the  department  commander. 

351.  The  commanding  officer  of  each  post  where  there  are  fixed  batteries 
bearing  upon  a  channel,  will  call  upon  the  Engineer  Department  for  accu- 
rate charts  showing  the  soundings  within  range  of  the  guns.  These  charts 
will  be  elaborated  as  prescribed  by  instructions  and  general  orders  governing 
artillery  practice. 

352.  The  details  of  the  methods  of  conducting  the  technical  instruction 
of  artillery  troops,  target  practice  with  heavy  and  light  artillery,  and  the 
artillery  competitions  will  be  prescribed  in  orders  and  instructions  issuing 
from  the  Headquarters  of  the  Army.  Any  deviation  from  the  prescribed 
methods  must  be  sanctioned  by  the  department  commander. 

353.  All  officers  of  artillery  will  be  encouraged  to  submit,  through 
proper  channels,  suggestions  and  devices  for  improving  prescribed  methods. 
Changes  affecting  the  authorized  Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery  will  be  pub- 
lished in  Artillery  Memoranda  from  the  Adjutant-General's  Office. 

354.  The  allowance  of  ammunition  for  the  instruction  of  heavy  and 
light  artillery  batteries  and  for  practice  with  machine  guns  will  be  deter- 
mined each  year  and  announced  in  general  orders  from  the  Headquarters  of 
the  Army. 

355.  Targets  and  target  material  for  artillery  practice  will  be  provided 
by  the  Ordnance  Department.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  fur- 
nish all  necessary  assistance  in  placing,  removing  and  storing  targets. 

356.  In  addition  to  such  reports  as  may  be  required  by  instructions  and 
orders  governing  artillerj^  practice,  the  commanding  officer  of  a  post  or 
battery  will  forward  for  the  information  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  on 
forms  supplied  by  the  Ordnance  Department,  a  report  of  each  shot  fired  in 
practice,  instruction,  and  active  service. 


SMALL-ARMS    PRACTICE ROSTER.  49 

ARTICLE    XLIV. 

Small-Arms  Practice. 

357.  Small-amis  practice  will  be  conducted  in  accordance  With  the 
authorized  firing  regulations  and  orders  from  the  War  Department.  The 
period  selected  for  practice  on  the  range  will  be  announced  annually  by 
department  commanders,  who  will  also  publish  the  results  of  the  firing, 
and  the  names  of  qualified  sharpshooters  ;  all  orders  containing  instruc- 
tions to  govern  either  preliminary  methods  or  practice  with  the  rifie, 
carbine,  or  revolver,  will  be  issued  from  the  Headquarters  of  the  Army. 

358.  Reports  as  to  the  amount  of  instruction  imparted  and  the  degree 
of  efficiency  attained  wdll  be  rendered  only  as  required  by  the  firing  regu- 
lations for  small  arms,  or  by  orders  issued  from  the  Headquarters  of  the 
Army.  The  necessary  books  and  blanks  will  be  supplied  by  the  Ordnance 
Department. 

359.  The  values  of  small-arms  ammunition  and  of  the  component  parts 
thereof  will  be  published  in  general  orders. 

360.  The  aggregate  allowance  of  ammunition  for  any  company  will  be 
expended  at  such  times  during  the  year  as  the  department  commander 
may  direct,  or  in  the  absence  of  specific  directions,  as  the  post  and  com- 
pany commanders  may  determine.  When  not  used  in  target  practice, 
ammunition  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  post  and  company  commanders, 
be  expended  in  hunting. 

361.  Company  commanders  will  keep  a  permanent  record  for  each  cal- 
endar year  of  the  ammunition  expended  in  target  firing  at  each  practice. 
Any  expenditure  in  excess  of  authorized  allowances  will  be  charged  to  the 
officer  accountable.  Ammunition  not  expended  at  the  end  of  the  calendar 
year  will  be  no  longer  available. 

362.  The  Ordnance  Department  will  provide  the  requisite  targets, 
streamers  and  flags.  The  quartermaster  will  set  up  the  targets,  prepare 
the  range  and  construct  shelters  for  the  markers.  Flour  for  making  paste 
for  user  in  target  practice  will  be  issued  by  the  commissary. 

363.  Where  hunting  for  large  game  is  practicable  the  men  will  be 
encouraged  to  hunt,  and  for  this  purpose  company  commanders  may  per- 
mit their  men  to  purchase  cartridges,  if  supply  warrants  it,  such  sales  to 
be  accounted  for  on  returns  of  ordnance. 

ARTICLE    XLV. 

Roster,  Detachments  and  Daily  Service. 
THE  roster. 

364.  A  roster. is  a  list  of  officers  or  men  for  duty,  with  a  record  of  the 
duty  performed  by  each.  Generally,  details  for  duty  are  made  so  that  the 
one  longest  off  is  the  first  for  detail.  Details  so  made  are  said  to  be  made 
by  roster. 

365.  All  details  for  service  in  garrison  and  in  the  field,  except  the  author- 
ized special  and  extra-duty  details,  will  be  by  roster  ;  but  officers  or  enlisted 
men,  when  detailed,  must  serve,  whether  a  roster  be  kept  or  not.  Having 
performed  the  service,  they  may  appeal  to  superior  authority  if  they  deem 
themselves  aggrieved. 

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50  ROSTER. 

366.  The  duties  performed  by  roster  are  of  two  classes.  The  first  com- 
prises, (1)  outposts;  (2)  interior  guards,  including  stable  guards;  (3) 
detachments  to  protect  laborers  on  military  works ;  (4)  armed  working 
parties  on  such  works.  The  second  comprises  all  other  duties  and  fatigue, 
in  or  out  of  the  garrison  or  camp. 

367.  The  rosters  are  distinct  for  each  class.  Officers  are  named  on  them 
in  the  order  of  rank.  Details  are  made  in  succession  according  to  roster, 
beginning  at  the  head. 

36S.  Lieutenant-colonels  and  majors  are  on  one  roster,  and  may  be 
detailed  when  the  importance  of  the  duty  requires  it.  In  the  field  their 
roster  is  kept  at  division  and  brigade  headquarters.  Captains  form  one  ros- 
ter and  are  exempt  from  ordinary  fatigue  duties.  A  captain  commanding  a 
battalion  is  exempt  from  detail,  and  duty  falling  to  him  passes.  Lieuten- 
ants form  one  roster,  and  first  and  second  lieutenants  are  entered  alter- 
nately.    Sergeants,  corporals,  musicians  and  privates  form  distinct  rosters. 

369.  Officers,  noncommissioned  officers  and  privates  take  duties  of  the 
first  class  in  ther  order  stated  in  paragraph  366,  viz,  the  first  for  detail  takes 
the  outposts,  the  next  the  interior  guards,  and  so  on.  In  those  of  the  sec- 
ond class  the  senior  officer  takes  the  largest  party.  The  party  first  for  detail 
takes  the  service  out  of  camp. 

S70,  In  making  details  by  roster,  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  is  each  day 
charged  with  the  number  of  days  that  he  has  remained  present  and  avail- 
able since  the  beginning  of  his  last  tour.  Departures  from  this  rule  may  be 
authorized  by  the  commanding  officer  whenever  a  strict  application  would 
allow  improper  advantage  or  work  hardship. 

371.  When  an  officer  has  been  detailed  and  is  not  present  or  available  at 
the  hour  of  marching,  the  next  after  him  takes  the  duty.  When  an  out- 
post has  passed  the  chain  of  sentinels,  or  an  interior  guard  has  reached  its 
post,  the  officer  whose  tour  it  was  can  not  take  it  unless  so  ordered  by  the 
commanding  officer,  but  succeeds  to  the  tour  of  the  officer  who  has  taken  his. 

372.  Duties  of  the  first  class  are  credited  on  the  roster  when  the  guards 
or  detachments  have  passed  the  chain  of  sentinels  or  an  interior  guard  has 
reached  its  post ;  other  duties,  when  the  parties  have  entered  upon  their 
performance. 

373.  An  officer  or  enlisted  man  on  duty  of  the  first  class,  or  who  is  next 
for  detail  for  such  duty,  is  available,  when  relieved,  for  duty  of  the  second 
class  that  has  fallen  to  him  during  that  time.  Except  in  emergencies  no 
duty  will  be  required  of  the  old  officer  of  the  day  or  the  old  guard  until  four 
hours  after  they  have  been  relieved. 

374.  Soldiers  march  armed,  and  if  necessary,  fully  equipped,  on  all  duties 
of  the  first  class. 

375.  In  the  cavalry,  dismounted  men  and  those  whose  horses  are  not  fit 
for  service  are  preferred  for  all  dismounted  details.  Mounted  men  are  never 
employed  on  such  service  if  the  number  of  dismounted  men  is  sufficient. 

376.  In  the  field,  every  enlisted  man  of  the  cavalry  detailed  for  dismounted 
service  will,  before  he  marches,  take  to  the  first  sergeant  of  his  troop  his  horse 
equipments  and  saddle,  ready  packed.  In  case  of  alarm  the  first  sergeant 
sees  that  the  horses  of  these  men  are  equipped  and  led  to  the  rendezvous. 


DETACHMENTS DAILY    SERVICE.  51 

377.  Light  batteries  serving  with  other  troops  will  perform  their  own 
guard,  police,  and  fatigue  duty,  and  officers  and  men  will  be  exempt  from 
detail  for  other  duty  of  like  character,  except  when  in  the  judgment  of  the 
post  commander  the  necessities  of  the  service  will  not  permit  such  exemp- 
tion, in  which  case  he  will  immediately  report  his  action  and  the  circum- 
stances to  the  department  commander. 

DETACHMENTS. 

37§.  As  far  as  the  exigencies  of  the  service  will  permit,  detachments  for 
armed  service  will  be  formed  by  taking  battalions,  companies,  platoons,  or 
other  subdivisions  in  turn,  according  to  the  roster. 

379.  Officers  or  enlisted  men  detailed  for  detached  service  while  on  other 
duty  will  be  relieved  from  that  duty  if  they  can  reach  camp  in  time  to  march 
with  the  detachment. 

3§0.  When  a  detachment  is  to  be  formed  from  the  different  organiza- 
tions of  a  command,  the  adjutant  or  adjutant-general  forms  its  contingent, 
verifies  the  details  and  sends  it  to  the  place  of  assembly,  or  turns  it  over  to  the 
detachment  commander. 

3S1.  When  detachments  meet,  the  command  is  regulated  while  they 
serve  together  as  if  they  formed  one  command,  but  the  senior  officer  can 
not  prevent  the  commander  of  any  detachment  from  moving  when  he  thinks 
proper  to  execute  the  orders  he  has  received. 

382.  On  the  return  of  a  detachment  its  commander  reports  to  the  head- 
quarters from  which  he  received  his  orders. 

DAILY   SERVICE. 

3S3.  There  should  be  daily  at  least  two  roll  calls,  viz,  at  reveille  and 
retreat.  Commanding  officers  may  also  order  roll  calls  in  special  cases  at 
such  times  as  they  deem  necessary.  The  roll  will  be  called  on  the  company 
parade  by  the  first  sergeant,  superintended  by  a  commissioned  officer.  If 
companies  are  quartered  together  or  in  contiguous  barracks,  one  officer  may 
superintend  the  roll  call  of  two  or  more  of  them,  provided  he  can  do  so 
efficiently,  commanding  officers  regulating  the  practice  in  this  regard. 
Ordinarily  there  will  not  be  any  formation  for  roll  call  at  tattoo,  but  the 
prescribed  signal  will  be  sounded,  and  fifteen  minutes  thereafter  lights  in 
squad  rooms  will  be  extinguished  and  all  noises  and  loud  talking  will  cease. 
Call  to  quarters  will  be  sounded  at  10.45  p.  m.  and  taps  at  11.  At  taps  all 
lights  not  authorized  by  the  commanding  officer  will  be  extinguished  and  the 
first  sergeant  or  other  noncommissioned  officer,  as  the  company  commander 
may  direct,  will  inspect  each  company  and  report  to  the  officer  of  the  day 
the  names  of  all  unauthorized  absentees.  Reveille  roll  call  in  garrison  will 
not  ordinarily  take  place  earlier  than  5.30  a.  m.  in  summer,  or  6.30  a.  m.  in 
winter.  At  retreat  roll  call  the  troops  are  brought  to  parade  rest  and  so 
remain  during  the  sounding  of  retreat. 

384.  Mess  call  will  be  sounded  daily  as  follows:  For  breakfast,  fifteen 
minutes  after  reveille  roll  call ;  for  dinner,  not  earlier  than  13  m.  nor  later 
than  12.15  p.m.  :  for  supper,  not  earlier  than  5  nor  later  than  6.30  p.  m. 
Meals  for  enlisted  men  will  be  served  promptly  at  the  hours  appointed 
and  the  duties  of  the  post,  as  far  as  compatible  with  the  requirements  of 


52  HONORS. 

the  service,  will  be  so  arranged  that  the  enlisted  men  may  be  present.  The 
men  will  be  allowed  at  least  twenty  minutes  for  breakfast  and  supper  and 
thirty  minutes  for  dinner. 

385.  Except  at  the  ceremony  of  parade,  the  result  of  a  roll  call  will  be 
reported  after  the  companies  have  been  dismissed,  to  the  officer  superin- 
tending the  call,  who  will  report  the  result  to  the  commanding  officer. 

386.  In  camp  and  garrison  the  commanding  officer  fixes  the  hours  for 
reports,  issues  and  roll  calls,  and  for  the  performance  of  stated  duties  and 
fatigues.  In  garrison,  retreat  will  be  at  sunset.  The  signals  will  be  sounded 
by  the  field  musicians  in  accordance  with  authorized  drill  regulations. 

387.  After  breakfast,  and  after  stable  duty  in  the  cavalry,  the  tents  or 
quarters  and  adjacent  ground  will  be  policed  by  the  men  of  the  companies 
and  the  guardhouse  or  guard  tent  by  the  prisoners  or  by  members  of  the 
guard  if  there  be  no  prisoners. 

388.  The  morning  reports  of  the  companies,  signed  by  the  company  com- 
nianders  and  first  sergeants,  will  be  handed  to  the  adjutant  before  8  o'clock 
in  the  morning  and  will  be  consolidated  by  him  within  the  next  hour.  The 
consolidated  report  will  be  signed  by  the  commanding  officer  and  the  adju- 
tant. 

ARTICLE   XLVI. 

Honors,  Courtesies  and  Ceremonies. 

HONORS. 

389.  The  officers  named  below  will  be  received  with  standards  and 
colors  dropping,  officers  and  troops  saluting,  and  the  bands  and  field  music 
playing,  as  follows :  The  President,  the  President's  March ;  the  General, 
the  General's  March;  the  Lieutenant-General  or  the  Major-General  Com- 
manding the  Army,  trumpets  sounding  three  flourishes  or  drums  beating 
three  ruffies;  a  major-general,  two  flourishes  or  two  ruffies;  a  brigadier- 
general,  one  flourish  or  one  ruffle. 

390.  To  the  Vice-President,  the  members  of  the  Cabinet,  the  Chief  Jus- 
tice, the  President  of  the  Senate,  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives ,  American  or  foreign  ambassadors,  and  governors  within  their  respective 
States  and  Territories  the  same  honors  are  paid  as  to  the  General ;  to  the 
Assistant  Secretary  of  War  and  to  American  or  foreign  envoys  or  minis- 
ters, the  same  honors  as  to  the  Lieutenant-General ;  to  officers  of  the  Navy 
the  honors  due  to  their  assimilated  or  relative  rank  ;  to  officers  of  marines 
and  volunteers,  and  militia  when  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  the 
honors  due  to  like  grades  in  the  regular  service ;  to  officers  of  a  foreign 
service  the  honors  due  to  their  rank. 

391.  The  national  or  regimental  color  or  standard,  uncased,  passing  a 
guard  or  other  armed  body  will  be  saluted,  the  field  music  sounding  ' '  to  the 
color"  or  "to  the  standard."  Officers  or  enlisted  men  passing  the  uncased 
color  will  render  the  prescribed  salute ;  with  no  arms  in  hand,  the  salute 
will  be  made  by  uncovering. 

39!2.  No  honors  are  paid  by  troops  when  on  the  march  or  in  trenches  and 
no  salute  is  rendered  when  marching  in  double  time  or  at  the  trot  or  gallop. 

393.  The  commanding  officer  is  saluted  by  all  commissioned  officers  in 
command  of  troops  or  detachments.  Troops  under  arms  will  salute  as  pre- 
scribed in  drill  regulations. 


HONORS.  53 

394 .  All  officers  salute  on  meeting  and  in  making  or  receiving  official 
reports.  Military  courtesy  requires  the  junior  to  salute  first,  but  when  the 
salute  is  introductory  to  a  report  made  at  a  military  ceremony  or  forma- 
tion to  the  representative  of  a  common  superior — as  for  example,  to  the 
adjutant,  officer  of  the  day,  etc. — the  officer  making  the  report,  whatever 
his  rank,  will  salute  first ;  the  officer  to  whom  the  report  is  made  wall  ac- 
knowledge by  saluting,  that  he  has  received  and  understood  the  report. 
When  under  arms  the  salute  is  made  with  the  sword  or  saber  if  drawn ; 
otherwise  with  the  hand.  A  mounted  officer  dismounts  before  addressing 
a  superior  not  mounted. 

395.  On  official  occasions,  officers  when  indoors  and  under  arms  do  not 
uncover,  but  salute  with  the  sword  if  drawn  ;  otherwise  with  the  hand. 
If  not  under  arms,  they  uncover  and  stand  at  attention,  but  do  not  salute 
except  when  making  or  receiving  reports, 

396.  When  an  enlisted  man  without  arms  passes  an  officer  he  salutes 
with  the  hand  farthest  from  the  officer.  If  mounted,  he  salutes  with  the 
right  hand.     Officers  are  saluted  whether  in  uniform  or  not. 

397.  An  enlisted  man,  armed  with  the  saber  and  out  of  ranks,  salutes  all 
officers  with  the  saber  if  drawn;  otherwise  he  salutes  with  the  hand.  If  on 
foot  and  armed  with  a  rifle  or  carbine,  he  makes  the  rifle  or  carbine  salute. 
A  mounted  soldier  dismounts  before  addressing  an  officer  not  mounted. 

398.  A  noncommissioned  officer  or  private  in  command  of  a  detachment 
without  arms  salutes  all  officers  with  the  hand,  but  if  the  detachment  be  on 
foot  and  armed  with  the  rifle  or  carbine,  he  makes  the  rifle  or  carbine 
salute,  and  if  armed  with  a  saber,  he  salutes  with  it. 

399.  An  enlisted  man,  if  seated,  rises  on  the  approach  of  an  officer, 
faces  toward  him  and  salutes.  If  standing,  he  faces  the  officer  for  the 
same  purpose.  If  the  parties  remain  in  the  same  place  or  on  the  same 
ground,  such  compliments  need  not  be  repeated.  Soldiers  actually  at  work 
do  not  cease  work  to  salute  an  officer  unless  addressed  by  him. 

400.  An  enlisted  man  makes  the  prescribed  salute  with  the  weapon  he 
is  armed  with,  or  if  unarmed,  whether  covered  or  uncovered,  with  the 
hand,  before  addressing  an  officer.  He  also  makes  the  same  salute  after 
receiving  a  reply. 

401.  Indoors,  an  unarmed  enlisted  man  uncovers  and  stands  at  attention 
upon  the  approach  of  an  officer;  he  does  not  salute  unless  he  addresses 
or  is  addressed  by  the  officer.  If  armed  he  salutes  as  heretofore  prescribed, 
without  uncovering. 

402.  When  an  officer  enters  a  room  where  there  are  soldiers,  the  word 
"Attention*'  is  given  by  some  one  who  perceives  him,  when  all  rise  and 
remain  standing  in  the  position  of  a  soldier  until  the  officer  leaves  the  room. 
Soldiers  at  meals  do  not  rise. 

403.  Soldiers  at  all  times  and  in  all  situations  pay  the  same  compliments 
to  officers  of  the  Army,  Navy,  and  Marines,  to  officers  of  volunteers  and 
officers  of  the  militia  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  as  to  officers  of 
their  own  regiments,  corps  or  arm  of  ser\'ice. 

404.  Officers  will  at  all  times  acknowledge  the  courtesies  of  enlisted 
men  by  returning  salutes  given,  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  drill  regula- 
tions. When  several  officers  in  company  are  saluted,  all  who  are  entitled 
to  the  salute  return  it. 


54  SALUTES. 

SALUTES  WITH   CANNON. 

405.  Salutes  will  be  fired  between  sunrise  and  sunset  only,  and,  as  a  rule, 
not  on  Sunday.  The  national  flag  will  always  be  displayed  at  the  time  of 
firing  a  salute. 

406.  The  national  salute  is  21  guns.  The  salute  to  the  Union,  com- 
memorative of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  and  consisting  of  one  gun 
for  each  State,  is  fired  at  noon  on  July  4,  at  every  post  provided  with 
artillery. 

407.  The  President,  both  on  his  arrival  at  and  departure  from  a  military 
post,  or  when  in  its  vicinity,  receives  a  salute  of  21  guns.  No  other  per- 
sonal salute  is  fired  in  his  presence. 

40  S.  The  Vice-President  and  President  of  the  Senate  receive  a  salute  of 
19  guns ;  members  of  the  Cabinet,  the  Chief  Justice,  the  Speaker  of  the  House 
of  Representatives,  American  or  foreign  ambassadors,  a  committee  of  Con- 
gress officially  visiting  a  military  post,  and  governors,  within  their  respec- 
tive States  or  Territories,  receive  17  guns.  The  Assistant  Secretary  of  War, 
when  officially  visiting  a  military  post,  receives  15  guns. 

409.  American  or  foreign  envoys  or  ministers  receive  15  guns  ;  ministers 
resident  accredited  to  the  United  States,  13  guns;  charges  d'affaires,  11 
guns  ;  consuls-general  accredited  to  the  United  States,  9  guns. 

410.  The  sovereign  or  chief  magistrate  of  a  foreign  country  receives  the 
salute  prescribed  for  the  President ;  members  of  a  royal  family  receive  the 
salute  due  to  their  sovereign. 

411.  The  General  receives  a  salute  of  17  guns ;  the  Lieutenant-General  or 
Major-General  Commanding  the  Army,  15  guns  ;  a  major-general,  13  guns, 
and  a  brigadier-general,  11  guns. 

412.  An  officer  assigned  to  duty  according  to  his  brevet  rank  is  entitled 
to  the  salute  prescribed  for  the  grade  to  which  he  is  assigned. 

413.  As  a  rule,  a  personal  salute  is  fired  when  the  personage  entitled  to  it 
enters  a  post. 

414.  A  general  officer  is  saluted  but  once  a  year  at  each  post  when 
notice  of  his  intention  to  visit  it  has  been  given.  A  retired  general  officer 
making  an  official  visit  is  saluted  according  to  his  grade.  When  several  per- 
sons, each  of  whom  is  entitled  to  a  salute,  arrive  together  at  a  post,  the 
highest  in  rank  or  position  is  alone  saluted.  If  they  arrive  successively,  each 
is  saluted  in  turn. 

415.  Officers  of  the  Navy  are  saluted  according  to  their  relative  rank ; 
officers  of  marines  and  of  the  volunteer  forces  or  militia  in  the  service  of 
the  United  States  and  officers  of  foreign  services  are  saluted  according  to 
rank. 

416.  The  salute  to  a  national  flag  is  21  guns. 

417.  It  is  the  custom  of  foreign  ships  of  war,  on  entering  a  harbor  or 
passing  near  a  fortification,  to  hoist  at  the  fore  the  flag  of  the  country  in 
whose  waters  they  are,  and  to  salute  it.  On  the  completion  of  the  salute  to 
the  flag,  a  salute  of  the  same  number  of  guns  will  be  promptly  returned 
by  the  nearest  fort  or  battery.  If  there  be  several  forts  or  batteries  in  sight, 
or  within  6  miles  of  each  other,  the  saluting  station  will  return  the  salute. 


SALUTES VISITS    AND    COURTESIES.  55 

United  States  vessels  return  salutes  to  the  flag  in  United  States  waters 
only  when  there  is  no  fort  or  battery  to  do  so.  United  States  vessels  do  not 
salute  United  States  forts  or  posts. 

418.  When  a  civil  functionary  entitled  to  a  salute  arrives  at  a  military 
post  the  commanding  officer  meets  or  calls  upon  him  as  soon  as  practicable, 
and  will  tender  him  a  review,  if  the  garrison  consists  of  not  less  than  four 
companies.  When  a  general  officer  visits  a  post  within  his  command,  the 
troops  will  be  paraded  for  review,  unless  he  directs  otherwise.  When  a 
salute  is  to  be  given  an  officer  junior  to  another  present  at  a  post,  the  senior 
will  be  notified  to  that  effect  by  the  commanding  officer. 

4 19.  The  flag  of  a  military  post  will  not  be  dipped  by  way  of  salute  or 
compliment. 

VISITS   AND   COURTESIES. 

420.  Officers  arriving  at  the  headquarters  of  a  territorial  department, 
military  command,  or  at  a  military  post,  will  call  upon  the  commander 
thereof  as  soon  as  practicable  and  register  their  names.  If  the  visiting 
officer  be  senior  to  the  commander,  the  former  may  send  a  card,  in  which 
case  it  becomes  the  duty  of  the  commander  to  make  the  first  call. 

431.  The  interchange  of  official  compliments  and  visits  between  foreign 
military  and  naval  officers  and  the  authorities  of  a  military  post  is  inter- 
national in  character  and  opens  the  way  to  official  and  social  courtesies 
among  the  officers.  In  cases  of  vessels  of  war,  foreign  or  otherwise,  recently 
arrived,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  post  commander  to  send  a  suitable  officer  to 
offer  civilities  and  assistance.  It  is  expected  that  this  civility  will  be  returned 
and  that  within  twenty-four  hours  thereafter,  weather  permitting,  the  officer 
in  chief  command  of  the  ship  or  ships  will  visit  the  officer  in  command  of 
the  post  or  station,  should  the  latter  be  his  equal  or  superior  in  grade.  This 
visit  will  be  returned  within  twenty-four  hours.  Should  the  naval  officer 
in  command  be  superior  in  grade  to  the  officer  commanding  the  post  or 
station  the  first  visit  will  be  paid  by  the  latter. 

422.  When  a  military  commander  officially  visits  a  vessel  of  war,  he  will 

give  notice  in  advance  of  his  intention  to  do  so.  He  is  received  at  the  gang- 
way by  the  commander  of  the  vessel  and  is  accompanied  there  by  the  same 
officer  when  leaving.  The  officer  who  is  sent  with  the  customary  offer  of 
civilities  is  met  at  the  gangway  of  a  vessel  of  war  by  the  officer  of  the  deck, 
and  is  presented  by  the  latter  to  the  commander  of  the  vessel. 

423.  A  vessel  of  war  is  approached  and  boarded,  by  commissioned  offi- 
cers, by  the  starboard  side  and  gangway.  In  entering  a  boat,  the  junior  goes 
first  and  other  officers  follow  in  order  of  rank ;  in  leaving  a  boat,  the  senior 
goes  first.  The  latter  acknowledges  the  salutes  which  are  given  at  the  gang- 
way of  a  naval  vessel. 

424.  Naval  vessels  fire  personal  salutes  to  officers  entitled  to  them  when 
the  boats  containing  them  have  cleared  the  ship.  It  is  an  acknowledgment 
of  the  salute  by  the  officer  saluted  for  his  boat  to  lie  on  her  oars  from  the 
first  until  the  last  gun  and  for  him  to  uncover ;  at  the  conclusion,  to  give 
way.     Personal  salutes  are  not  returned  by  military  posts. 

425.  In  case  of  vessels  of  war  of  foreign  powers  at  peace  with  the  United 
States  lying  in  our  ports  or  harbors  and  celebrating  their  national  festivities, 
the  commander  of  each  fort,  battery,  or  military  post  may  participate  in  the 


5f)  HONORS. 

celebration  by  firing  salutes,  parading  commands,  etc.  In  such  a  case  the 
flag  of  the  United  States  will  be  hoisted  and  lowered  simultaneously  with 
that  of  the  ship  on  board  of  which  the  celebration  occurs. 

ESCORTS   OF   HONOR. 

426.  Escorts  of  honor  maybe  composed  of  cavalry,  artillery,  or  infantry, 
or  of  all  arms,  according  to  the  circumstances.  They  are  detailed  for  the 
purpose  of  receiving  and  escorting  personages  of  high  rank,  civil  or  military, 
when  they  arrive  and  depart.  The  troops  for  this  purpose  will  be  selected 
for  their  soldierly  appearance  and  superior  discipline,  and  are  formed  and 
maneuvered  as  prescribed  in  the  authorized  drill  regulations.  The  post 
commander  in  each  case  will  detail  an  officer  to  attend  the  personage  escorted, 
and  bear  communications  from  him  to  the  commander  of  the  escort. 

FUNERAL  HONORS. 

4  ay.  On  the  receipt  at  any  post  or  camp  of  official  notice  of  the  death 
of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  the  commanding  officer  will,  on  the 
following  day,  cause  a  gun  to  be  fired  every  half  hour,  beginning  at  sun- 
rise and  ending  at  sunset.  When  posts  are  near  each  other  the  firing  will 
take  place  only  at  the  post  commanded  by  the  senior  officer. 

42 S.  On  the  day  of  interment  of  a  Secretary  of  War  or  the  Commanding 
General  of  the  Army  a  gun  will  be  fired  every  half  hour,  beginning  at  sun- 
rise, until  the  funeral  procession  moves. 

429.  The  orders  announcing  the  death  of  a  general  officer  on  the  active 
or  retired  list,  or  other  person  entitled  to  a  salute  of  cannon,  will  specify  the 
number  of  guns  to  be  fired  at  half -hour  intervals,  commencing  at  8  o'clock 
a.  m.  on  the  day  after  the  receipt  of  the  order.  During  the  firing  the  flag 
will  be  displayed  at  half-staff.  The  number  of  guns  to  which  the  deceased 
was  entitled  will  be  fired.  The  posts  at  which  they  shall  be  fired  will  be 
designated  in  the  orders. 

430.  When  the  funeral  of  an  officer,  who  was  entitled  to  a  salute,  takes 
place  at  or  near  a  military  post,  minute  guns  will  be  fired  while  the  remains 
are  being  borne  to  the  place  of  interment  but  the  number  of  guns  will  not 
exceed  that  to  which  the  officer  was  entitled  as  a  salute.  After  the  remains 
are  deposited  in  the  grave  a  salute  corresponding  to  the  rank  of  the  deceased 
will  be  fired  in  addition  to  three  salvos  of  artillery  or  three  volleys  of 
musketry. 

431.  If  the  remains  of  a  flag  officer  of  the  Navy  are  brought  ashore  in 
the  vicinity  of  a  military  post,  the  flag  will  be  displayed  at  half-staff  and 
minute  guns  will  be  fired  as  the  procession  moves.  The  number  of  guns 
will  be  that  to  which  the  officer  was  entitled  as  a  salute. 

432.  During  the  funeral  of  a  civil  functionary  who  was  entitled  to  a 
salute,  the  flag  is  displayed  at  half-staff  and  minute  guns  are  fired. 

433.  On  the  death  of  an  officer  at  a  military  post  the  flag  is  displayed  at 
half -staff  and  so  remains,  between  reveille  and  retreat,  until  the  last  salvo  or 
volley  is  fired  over  the  grave;  or  if  the  remains  are  not  interred  at  the  post, 
until  they  are  removed  therefrom. 

434.  During  the  funeral  of  an  enlisted  man  at  a  military  post  the  flag  is 
displayed  at  half-staff.  It  is  hoisted  to  the  top  after  the  final  volley  or  gun 
is  fired,  or  after  the  remains  are  taken  from  the  post.  The  same  honors  are 
paid  on  the  occasion  of  the  funeral  of  a  retired  enlisted  man. 


FUNERAL    HONORS.  57 

435.  All  military  posts  in  sight  of  each  other  display  their  flags  at  half- 
staff  upon  the  occasion  of  one  doing  so.  The  same  rule  is  observed  toward 
all  vessels  of  war. 

436.  When  the  flag  is  displayed  at  half-staff  it  is  lowered  to  that  posi- 
tion from  the  top  of  the  staff.  It  is  afterwards  hoisted  to  the  top  before  it 
is  finally  lowered. 

437.  The  funeral  escort  of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  General  of  the  Army 
will  consist  of  a  regiment  of  infantry,  a  squadron  of  cavalry,  and  two  bat- 
teries of  artillery  :  of  the  Lieutenant-General  or  the  Ma jor-Greneral  Command- 
ing the  Army,  a  regiment  of  infantry,  a  squadron  of  cavalry  and  a  battery 
of  artillery  ;  of  a  major-general,  a  regiment  of  infantry,  two  troops  of  cavalry, 
and  a  battery  of  artillery ;  of  a  brigadier-general,  a  regiment  of  infantry,  a 
troop  of  cavalry,  and  a  platoon  of  artillery;  of  a  colonel,  a  regiment ;  a  lieu- 
tenant-colonel or  major,  a  battalion  or  squadron  ;  a  captain,  one  company  ; 
a  subaltern,  a  platoon.  The  funeral  escort  of  a  general  officer,  or  of  any 
other  officer  either  on  the  active  or  retired  list,  when  the  funeral  occurs  at  any 
other  place  than  a  military  post  or  camp,  will  be  ordered  by  the  Command- 
ing General  of  the  Army  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and 
will  be  composed  of  such  bodies  of  troops,  not  exceeding  the  number  pre- 
scribed in  this  paragraph,  as  the  interests  of  the  service  will  permit.  But  in 
all  cases  where  the  funeral  ceremonies  take  place  at  or  in  the  immediate 
vicinity  of  a  military  post,  or  where  the  remains  are  conveyed  through  a 
military  post  en  route  to  the  place  of  burial,  the  above  regulation  relative  to 
escort  will  be  complied  with,  so  far  as  the  strength  of  the  garrison  will 
allow;  the  flag  will  be  at  half-staff  while  the  remains  are  at  or  in  the  imme- 
diate vicinity  of  the  post  and  the  department  or  post  commander  will  give 
the  necessary  orders. 

438.  The  funeral  escort  of  an  officer  will  be  commanded  by  an  officer  of 
the  same  grade ;  if  iione  such  be  present,  by  one  of  the  next  lower  grade. 
The  ceremony  is  prescribed  in  the  drill  regulations. 

439.  The  funeral  escort  of  a  noncommissioned  staff  officer  will  consist  of 
sixteen  rank  and  file,  commanded  by  a  sergeant ;  of  a  sergeant,  of  fourteen 
rank  and  file,  commanded  by  a  sergeant ;  of  a  corporal,  of  twelve  rank  and 
file,  commanded  by  a  corporal ;  of  a  private,  of  eight  rank  and  file,  com- 
manded by  a  corporal. 

440.  The  funeral  escorts  of  officers  of  field  artillery  will  be  as  follows : 
Colonel,  twelve  pieces  ;  lieutenant-colonel  and  major,  eight  pieces ;  captain, 
four  pieces ;  lieutenant,  two  pieces.  The  escort  of  an  enlisted  man  will 
consist  of  one  piece.     Caissons  need  not  accompany  the  pieces. 

441.  Six  pallbearers  will  be  selected  from  the  grade  of  the  deceased,  or 
from  the  next  grade  above  or  below. 

442.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  attending  military  funerals  wear  uniform 
and  side  arms  and  in  the  funeral  procession  follow  the  mourners  in  order  of 
rank.  The  funeral  of  an  officer  is  attended  by  such  officers  of  the  post  or 
organization  in  the  field  as  other  duties  will  permit.  The  funeral  of  a  non- 
commissioned officer  is  attended  by  the  noncommissioned  officers  and  privates 
of  the  regiment,  or  such  part  of  it  as  may  be  present  and  can  be  spared 
from  other  duties ;  that  of  a  private  by  the  noncommissioned  officers  and 
privates  of  his  company. 

443.  The  badge  of  military  mourning  is  a  knot  of  black  crape  worn  upon 
the  sword  hilt  for  a  period  not  to  exceed  thirty  days. 


58       FUNERAL  HONORS CEREMONIES GUARDS. 

444.  As  family  mourning,  officers  may  wear  a  straight  band  of  crape  five 
inches  wide  around  the  left  arm  above  the  elbow. 

445.  The  drums  of  a  funeral  escort  will  be  covered  with  black  crape  or 
thin  black  serge,  furnished  by  the  quartermaster. 

446.  The  colors  of  a  regiment  will  not  be  placed  in  mourning  or  draped, 
except  when  ordered  from  the  War  Department.  Two  streamers  of  crape 
seven  feet  long  and  about  twelve  inches  wide  attached  to  the  ferrule  below 
the  spearhead  vdll  be  used. 

447.  Funeral  honors  will  be  paid  to  deceased  officers  without  military 
command  in  accordance  with  their  grade. 

CEREMONIES. 

448.  All  ceremonies  will  be  conducted  as  prescribed  in  the  authorized 
drill  regulations. 

449.  There  will  be  daily  one  parade,  morning  or  evening,  as  the  command- 
ing officer  may  direct,  which  will  not  be  dispensed  with  except  on  urgent 
occasions.  All  officers  and  men  will  be  present  unless  specially  excused  or 
on  duty  incompatible  with  such  attendance. 

450.  At  every  military  post  or  station  the  flag  will  be  hoisted  at  the 
sounding  of  the  first  note  of  the  reveille,  or  of  the  first  note  of  the  march, 
if  a  march  be  played  before  the  reveille.  The  flag  will  be  lowered  at  the 
sounding  of  the  last  note  of  the  retreat,  and  while  the  flag  is  being  lowered 
the  band  will  play  The  Star  Spangled  Banner. 

451.  Troops  will  be  mustered  for  pay  on  the  last  day  of  each  month  unless 
otherwise  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  War.  When  the  commanding  officer 
can  not  muster  all  the  troops  he  will  designate  other  officers  to  assist. 

452.  Each  stated  muster  will,  when  practicable,  be  preceded  by  a  minute 
and  careful  inspection.  If  the  command  consists  of  more  than  one  com- 
pany, the  inspection  will  be  preceded  by  a  review.  If  the  day  for  muster 
falls  on  Sunday,  such  review  and  inspection  will  be  omitted. 

ARTICLE   XL VII. 

GrUARDS. 

453.  The  authorized  Manual  of  Guard  Duty  is  the  guide  in  all  matters 
relating  to  duties  of  guards  not  contained  in  these  regulations. 

454.  Articles  of  camp  and  garrison  equipage  needed  for  strictly  post  or 
police  purposes,  as  flags,  spades,  shovels,  axes,  hatchets,  pickaxes,  and 
brooms,  will  be  issued  by  the  quartermaster  on  special  requisition  of  the 
officer  of  the  guard  or  officer  of  the  day,  approved  by  the  post  commander. 
These  articles  will  be  receipted  for  by  the  officer  making  the  requisition  and 
dropped  from  the  quartermaster's  returns  ;  articles  other  than  those  herein 
enumerated  will  be  continued  on  his  returns. 

455.  Articles  so  obtained  will  be  duly  entered,  by  the  officer  who  receives 
them,  on  the  guard  report  under  the  heading  '"Articles  in  charge."  Tliey 
will  be  carried  on  the  report  and  daily  receipted  for  by  the  successive  officers 
of  the  guard  or  day.  When  no  longer  fit  for  use  they  will  be  submitted  for 
inspection,  and,  if  condemned,  disposed  of  as  ordered. 


MAPS — SERVICE    SCHOOLS.  59 

456.  An  officer  who  receipts  for  property  so  carried  on  the  guard  report 
is  not  required  to  render  returns  thereof.  He  is  relieved  from  accounta- 
bility for  it  by  the  receipt  of  his  successor. 

ARTICLE   XL VIII. 

Maps  and  Reconnaissances. 

457.  The  commanding  officer  of  every  body  of  troops  ordered  to  march 
will  select  a  competent  person,  preferably  a  commissioned  officer,  to  whom 
he  will  intrust  the  special  duty  of  making  the  field  notes  and  sketches  and 
keeping  the  journals  hereinafter  mentioned,  for  the  preparation  of  a  map  of 
the  route  traversed.  The  person  so  selected  will  be  relieved  of  so  much  of 
his  routine  duties  as  will  enable  him  to  perform  this  duty.  Daily  or  more 
frequently,  the  commanding  officer  will  inspect  and  verify  the  notes  and 
journal. 

458.  Journals  of  marches  will  be  kept  in  notebooks  and  route  recon- 
naissances will  be  recorded  on  blanks.  The  books  and  blanks  vnll  be  fur- 
nished by  the  Engineer  Department.  If  they  can  not  be  obtained  they  will 
be  prepared  according  to  standard  forms  as  nearly  as  practicable. 

459.  Notebooks  will  be  freely  used  and  to  guard  against  loss  of  valuable 
data,  copies  will  be  made,  verified  and  retained,  and  the  originals  forwarded 
to  department  headquarters  at  every  convenient  opportunity.  Whenever  a 
sufficient  halt  is  made,  a  map  of  the  route  up  to  that  point,  together  with  a 
report  thereon,  will  be  transmitted  in  the  same  manner.  These  notes  Avill 
not  be  omitted  when  passing  over  known  routes. 

460.  General  instructions  for  the  use  and  preservation  of  instruments, 
the  character  of  the  observations  to  be  specially  made  and  the  methods  of 
recording  them  will  be  found  in  printed  notes  in  the  book  and  on  the  form 
which  the  Engineer  Department  supplies. 

461.  Requisitions  will  be  made  upon  the  Engineer  Department  for  the 
necessary  instruments,  notebooks,  and  reconnaissance  blanks. 

ARTICLE   XLIX. 

The  Service  Schools, 
the  artillery  school. 

462.  The  Artillery  School  at  Fort  Monroe,  Va.,  constitutes  an  independ- 
ent command,  from  which  all  reports  and  returns  are  made  direct  to  the 
Headquarters  of  the  Ai'my.     It  is  governed  by  special  regulations. 

The  school  will  have  the  following  organization: 

1.  The  commandant  of  the  school  and  post,  the  directors  of  instruction, 
instructors  and  assistant  instructors,  and  such  organizations,  officers,  and 
enlisted  men  as  may  be  assigned  for  duty  or  instruction. 

2.  The  staff  of  the  school,  which  will  consist  of  the  commandant,  the 
directors  of  instruction,  and  the  commanding  officer  of  the  Fort  Monroe 
Arsenal.     The  adjutant  will  be  secretary  of  the  staff. 

463.  The  lieutenants  of  the  instruction  batteries  will  be  relieved  and 
rei:)laced  by  others  on  September  1  of  each  alternate  year.  Transfers  for 
this  puri)ose  will  be  made  bj'  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army,  after 
consideration  of    such  recommendations  as  may  be  made  by  regimental 


60  SERVICE    SCHOOLS. 

commanders  and  forwarded  in  due  season  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army.  Details  for  instruction  will,  as  a  rule,  be  made  from  officers  who 
have  not  served  at  the  Artillery  School,  and  who  are  not  on  detached  or 
special  service. 

THE   INFANTRY   AND   CAVALRY   SCHOOL. 

464.  The  Infantry  and  Cavalry  School  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans.,  is 
governed  by  special  regulations,  and  will  have  tlie  following  organization: 

1.  Two  or  more  field  officers  of  infantry  and  one  or  more  of  cavalry, 
the  senior  of  whom  will  command  the  school  and  post ;  the  others  will 
be  instructors. 

2.  Such  other  officers  of  the  Army  as  may  be  detailed  for  duty  as 
instructors  and  assistant  instructors. 

3.  The  staff  of  the  school,  consisting  of  the  instructors  in  charge  of 
departments. 

4.  Such  organizations,  officers,  and  enlisted  men  as  may  be  assigned  for 
duty  or  instruction. 

5.  The  student  officers,  lieutenants  of  infantry  and  cavalry,  one  from 
each  regiment  nominated  by  the  regimental  commander,  and  such  others  as 
may  be  detailed,  all  of  whom  will  be  required  to  take  the  prescribed  course 
of  instruction.  These  officers  will  be  detailed  in  orders  from  Headquarters 
of  the  Army. 

6.  A  secretary  of  the  school  and  staff,  who  will  be  appointed  by  the 
commandant. 

465.  Commanding  officers  of  regiments  will  be  directed  from  Headquar- 
ters of  the  Army  to  make  preliminary  selection  of  officers  and  of  alternates 
one  year  in  advance  of  the  date  of  entrance  at  the  school,  and  such  officers 
or  alternates  will,  at  the  proper  time,  be  detailed  oA,  the  school,  except  for 
cogent  reasons  to  the  contrary ;  but  no  officer  vtdll  be  selected  who  is  not 
physically  qualified  for  active  service.  A  list  of  the  names  of  officers  and 
alternates  selected  will  be  sent  from  the  Adjutant-General's  Office  to  the 
commandant,  who  will  cause  the  programme  of  instruction  and  list  of 
authorized  text-books  to  be  sent  to  them. 

HONOR   GRADUATES. 

466.  As  soon  as  practicable  after  the  close  of  the  final  examination  of 
each  class  at  the  Artillery  School  and  at  the  Infantry  and  Cavalry  School, 
the  respective  commandants  will  report  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army  the  names  of  those  student  officers  recommended  by  the  staff  of  the 
school  as  most  distinguished  by  general  proficiency  in  the  prescribed  course 
of  study,  two  from  each  class  at  the  Artillery  School,  and  not  less  than 
three  nor  more  than  five  from  each  class  at  the  Infantry  and  Cavalry 
School.  As  long  as  any  such  graduate  is  borne  upon  the  active  or  retired 
list  of  the  Army,  his  name  in  the  Army  Register  will  be  accompanied  by  an 
appropriate  design  signifying  that  he  is  an  honor  graduate.  The  number 
of  honor  graduates  in  any  class  at  the  Infantry  and  Cavalry  School  will  be 
determined  by  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  on  the  recommenda- 
tion of  the  staff  of  the  school. 

THE   CAVALRY   AND   LIGHT   ARTILLERY   SCHOOL. 

467.  The  Cavalry  and  Light  Artillery  School  at  Fort  Riley,  Kans.,  is 
governed  by  special  regulations  and  includes  a  sub-school  of  practice  for  each 


SERVICE    SCHOOLS HOSPITAL    FOR    INSANE.  61 

of  those  arms.     The  school  is  for  the  purpose  of  instruction  in  the  combined 
operations  of  cavalry  and  light  artillery. 
The  school  will  have  the  following  organization : 

1.  Field  officers,  four  or  more  of  cavalry  and  one  or  more  of  artillery. 
The  commandant  will  be  a  colonel  of  cavalry,  but  in  his  absence  the  senior 
officer  of  cavalry  or  artillery  present  will  command. 

2.  The  director  of  the  sub-school  for  cavalry,  who  will  be  the  senior 
officer  of  cavalry  present  next  to  the  commandant,  and  the  director  of  the 
sub-school  of  light  artillery,  who  will  be  the  senior  officer  of  artillery  present. 

3.  The  staff  of  the  school,  which  will  consist  of  the  commandant  and  all 
the  field  officers  of  cavalry  and  artillery  at  the  post. 

4.  Such  number  of  squadrons  of  cavalry  not  exceeding  three,  such  num- 
ber of  batteries  of  light  artillery  not  exceeding  five,  and  such  other  officers 
and  enlisted  men  as  may  be  there  assigned  for  instruction. 

5.  A  secretary  of  the  school  and  its  staff,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
commandant. 

THE   ARMY   MEDICAL  SCHOOL. 

46§.  The  Army  Medical  School,  at  Washing"ton,  D.  C,  is  governed  by 
special  regulations,  and  mil  have  the  following  organization  : 

1.  The  faculty,  which  will  consist  of  four  or  more  professors  selected 
from  the  senior  officers  of  the  Medical  Department  stationed  in  or  near  the 
city  of  Washington,  and  such  associate  professors  as  maybe  required.  The 
senior  officer  will  be  president,  and  the  junior,  secretary  of  the  faculty. 

2.  The  student  officers,  who  will  be  those  medical  officers  who  have 
been  appointed  since  the  last  preceding  term  of  the  school,  and  such  others 
as  may  be  authorized  to  attend. 

ARTICLE   L. 

The  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane. 

469.  The  insane  of  the  military  service  will  be  sent  by  department  com- 
manders, under  proper  escort,  to  Washington,  D.  C,  where  they  will  be 
reported  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  that  the  orders  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  for  admission  to  the  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane  may 
be  obtained. 

470.  An  application  for  admission  to  the  hospital  will  be  forwarded  in 
time  to  reach  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  at  least  one  day  before 
the  arrival  of  the  patient.  It  will  contain  a  full  description  of  the  patient, 
and  will  be  accompanied  by  a  certificate  of  the  post  surgeon  containing  the 
diagnosis  and  a  detailed  account  of  the  medical  history  of  the  case.  If  the 
patient  be  a  soldier,  his  descriptive  list  and  certificates  of  disability  will 
accompany  the  application.  He  will  not  be  discharged  from  the  service 
except  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  after  his  arrival  at  the  hospital. 

4'S'l.  An  insane  soldier  will  be  escorted  by  a  noncommissioned  officer. 
When  a  number  are  sent  at  one  time,  or  when  the  patient  or  patients  are 
violent,  the  department  commander  may  order  such  addition  to  the  escort  as 
may  be  necessary.  The  noncommissioned  officer  will  report  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  by  telegraph,  at  least  twenty-four  hours  in  advance, 
the  probable  time  and  place  of  arrival  in  Washington.  After  leaving  the 
patient  at  the  asylum,  the  noncommissioned  officer  will  report  to  the  Adju- 
tant-General of  the  Army  for  further  instructions. 


62  INDIANS. 

472.  On  the  departure  of  the  patient  from  his  station,  the  commanding 
officer  will  give  such  orders  to  the  person  in  charge  as  will  provide  for  trans- 
portation of  the  necessary  attendants  to  the  institution  and  returning  to 
their  posts,  also  subsistence  during  their  absence.  When  payment  of  com- 
mutation, in  lieu  of  subsistence  in  kind,  is  permissible  under  paragraph 
1272,  the  commanding  officer  may,  in  writing,  order  commutation  for  the 
patient  to  be  paid  in  advance  to,  and  receipted  for  by,  the  noncommissioned 
officer  to  whose  charge  the  patient  is  committed. 

473.  To  obtain  the  release  of  a  patient  when  cured,  or  his  delivery  to  the 
care  of  friends,  application  must  be  made  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army,  accompanied  by  the  recommendation  of  the  superintendent  of  the 
hospital. 

ARTICLE    LI. 

Indians. 

indian  country,  etc. 

'  474.  If  any  commanding  officer  of  a  military  post  has  reason  to  suspect 
or  is  informed  that  any  white  person  or  Indian  is  about  to  introduce  or  has 
introduced  any  spirituous  liquor  or  vdne  into  the  Indian  country  in  violation 
of  law,  he  may  cause  the  boats,  stores,  packages,  wagons,  sleds,  and  places 
of  deposit  of  such  person  to  be  searched ;  and  if  such  liquor  is  found  therein, 
the  same,  together  with  the  boats,  teams,  wagons,  and  sleds  used  in  convey- 
ing the  same,  and  also  the  goods,  packages,  and  peltries  of  such  person,  shall 
be  seized  and  delivered  to  the  proper  officer,  and  shall  be  proceeded  against 
by  libel  in  the  proper  court.  It  shall,  moreover,  be  the  duty  of  any  person 
in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  or  of  any  Indian,  to  take  and  destroy  any 
ardent  spirits  or  wine  found  in  the  Indian  country,  except  such  as  may  be 
introduced  therein  by  the  War  Department.  In  all  cases  arising  under  sec- 
tions 2139  and  2140,  Revised  Statutes,  Indians  shall  be  competent  witnesses. 

475.  The  Indian  country  within  the  meaning  of  the  foregoing  i^aragraph 
may  be  defined,  in  general,  as  the  Indian  Territory,  Indian  reservation?,  or 
districts  occupied  by  Indian  tribes  and  to  which  the  Indian  title  has  not 
been  extinguished ;  or  sections  of  country  over  which  the  operation  of  the 
Indian  trade  and  intercourse  laws  has  been  retained  by  Indian  treaty  stipu- 
lations. Should  any  case  arise  which,  in  the  opinion  of  the  department  com- 
mander, does  not  appear  to  be  embraced  within  these  definitions,  he  will 
report  it  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  in  order  that  the  question  whether  the 
location  is  Indian  country  may  be  authoritatively  determined. 

476.  When  lands  are  secured  to  the  Indians  by  treaty  against  occupa- 
tion by  the  whites  the  military  commanders  vdll  keep  intruders  off  the 
same  by  military  force  if  necessary,  until  such  time  as  the  Indian  title  is 
extinguished  or  the  lands  are  opened  by  Congress  for  settlement. 

477.  When  questions  arise  as  to  the  ownership  of  animals  in  possession 
of  Indians  the  commanding  officer  of  the  nearest  military  post  is  author- 
ized and  directed  to  act  in  conjunction  with  the  agent  in  charge  of  said 
Indians  in  the  investigation  and  determination  of  ownership. 

478.  The  introduction  into  the  Indian  country  for  the  purpose  of  sale  to 
or  exchange  with  Indians  of  any  breech-loading  firearms  and  of  any  special 
ammunition  adapted  to  them,  and  the  sale  and  exchange  to  Indians  in  the 
Indian  country  of  any  such  arms  or  ammunition,  is  prohibited.     The  intro- 


INDIANS. 


63 


duction  into  the  country  or  district  occupied  by  any  tribe  of  hostile  Indians, 
for  the  purpose  of  sale  or  exchange  to  them,  of  arms  or  ammunition  of  any 
description,  and  the  sale  or  exchange  thereof  to  or  with  such  Indians,  is  pro- 
hibited ;  and  all  such  arms  or  ammunition  introduced  by  traders  or  other 
persons,  and  which  are  liable  in  any  manner  to  be  received  by  such  hostile 
Indians,  shall  be  deemed  contraband  of  war,  to  be  seized  by  any  officer  and 
confiscated. 

4 "7 9.  Supplies,  stores,  and  property  of  any  kind  procured  out  of  Army 
appropriations  will  not  be  transferred,  in  any  way  or  under  any  circum- 
stances, for  the  use  of  Indians  except  under  authority  first  obtained  from 
the  Secretary  of  War.  Any  officer  violating  the  terms  of  this  regulation 
will  be  charged  with  the  money  value  of  the  supplies,  stores,  or  property 
transferred,  and  in  addition  be  otherwise  held  accountable,  according  to 
circumstances.  But  this  paragraph  will  not  be  construed  to  prohibit  the 
issue  of  small  quantities  of  subsistence  stores  to  Indians  visiting  military 
posts,  as  authorized  in  paragraph  1266. 

4  SO.  Indians  held  as  prisoners  of  war  are  entitled  to  receive  necessary 
subsistence,  clothing,  medicines  and  medical  attendance.  There  is  no 
authority  of  law  permitting  such  supplies  and  attendance  to  be  furnished 
to  Indians  under  the  care  and  management  of  the  Interior  Department.  All 
Indian  prisoners  will  be  reported  on  the  post  returns  under  the  following 
form: 


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Number  of 

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Remarks. 

INDIAN  SCOUTS. 

481.  Indians  employed  as  scouts  under  the  provisions  of  sections  1C94 
and  1112,  Revised  Statutes,  will  be  enlisted  for  periods  of  three  years  and 
discharged  when  the  necessity  for  their  services  shall  cease.  While  in  service 
they  will  receive  the  pay  and  allowances  of  cavalry  soldiers  and  an  addi- 
tional allowance  of  40  cents  per  day,  provided  they  furnish  their  own  horses 
and  horse  equipments ;  but  such  additional  allowance  will  cease  if  they 
do  not  keep  their  horses  and  equipments  in  serviceable  condition. 

482.  Department  commanders  are  authorized  to  appoint  the  sergeants 
and  corporals  for  the  whole  number  of  enlisted  Indian  scouts  serving  in  their 
departments,  but  such  appointments  must  not  exceed  the  proportion  of 
one  first  sergeant,  five  sergeants,  and  four  corporals  for  every  sixty  enlisted 
Indian  scouts. 

483.  The  number  of  Indian  scouts  allowed  to  military  departments  will 
be  announced  from  time  to  time  in  orders  from  the  Headquarters  of  the 
Army. 


64  ENFORCEMENT   OF   LAWS. 

484.  The  enlistment  and  re-enlistment  of  Indian  scouts  will  be  made, 
under  the  direction  of  department  commanders.  The  appointment  or 
mustering  of  farriers  or  blacksmiths  on  the  rolls  of  Indian  scouts  is  illegal. 

4§5.  In  all  cases  of  enlistment  of  Indians  the  full  Indian  name,  and  also 
the  English  interpretation  of  the  same,  will  be  inserted  in  the  enlistment 
papers  and  in  all  subsequent  returns  and  reports  concerning  them. 

ARTICLE   LII. 

Employment  of  Troops  in  the  Enforcement  of  the  Laws. 

486.  It  is  unlawful  to  employ  any  part  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States, 
as  a  posse  comitatus  or  otherwise,  for  the  purpose  of  executing  the  laws, 
except  in  such  cases  and  under  such  circumstances  as  such  employment 
of  said  force  may  be  expressly  authorized  by  the  Constitution  or  by  act  of 
Congress ;  and  any  person  willfully  violating  this  provision  will  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction  thereof,  will  be  punishable  by 
a  fine  not  exceeding  $10,000  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  two  years,  or 
by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

487.  The  provisions  of  the  Constitution  and  of  acts  of  Congress  under- 
stood as  intended  to  be  excepted  from  the  operation  of  the  preceding  para- 
graph, authorizing  the  employment  of  the  military  forces  for  the  purpose  of 
executing  the  laws,  are  as  follows : 

ARTICLE  IV  OF  THE  CONSTITUTION. 

§  4.  The  United  States  shall  guarantee  to  every  State  in  this  Union  a  republican  form 
of  government,  and  shall  protect  each  of  them  against  invasion  ;  and  on  application  of 
the  legislature,  or  of  the  executive  (when  the  legislature  can  not  he  convened),  against 
domestic  violence. 

REVISED  STATUTES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

CIVIL  RIGHTS. 

Sec.  1984.  The  commissioners  authorized  to  be  appointed  by  the  preceding  section  [sec. 
1983]  are  empowered,  within  their  respective  counties,  to  appoint,  in  writing,  under  their 
hands,  one  or  more  suitable  persons,  from  time  to  time,  who  shall  execute  all  such  war- 
rants or  other  process  as  the  commissioners  may  issue  in  the  lawful  performance  of  their 
duties,  and  the  persons  so  appointed  shall  have  authority  to  summon  and  call  to  their 
aid  the  bystanders  or  posse  comitatus  of  the  proper  county,  or  such  portion  of  the  land 
and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  militia,  as  may  be  necessary  to  the  per- 
formance of  the  duty  with  which  they  are  charged  ;  and  such  warrants  shall  run  and 
be  executed  anywhere  in  the  State  or  Territory  within  which  they  are  issued. 

Sec.  1989.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President  of  the  L^nited  States,  or  such  person  as 
he  may  empower  for  that  purpose,  to  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the 
United  States,  or  of  the  militia,  as  may  be  necessary  to  aid  in  the  execution  of  judicial 
process  issued  under  any  of  the  preceding  provisions,  or  as  shall  be  necessary  to  prevent 
the  violation  and  enforce  the  due  execution  of  the  provisions  of  this  title. 

Sec.  1991.  Every  person  in  the  military  or  civil  service  in  the  Territory  of  New  Mexico 
shall  aid  in  the  enforcement  of  the  preceding  section  [abolishing  peonage]. 


Sec.  2118.  Every  person  who  makes  a  settlement  on  any  lands  belonging,  secured,  or 
granted  by  treaty  with  the  United  States  to  any  Indian  tribe,  or  surveys  or  attempts  to 
survey  such  lands,  or  to  designate  any  of  the  boundaries  by  marking  trees,  or  otherwise, 
is  liable  to  a  penalty  of  one  thousand  dollars.  The  President  may,  moreover,  take  such 
measures  and  employ  such  military  force  as  he  may  judge  necessary  to  remove  any  such 
person  from  the  lands. 


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Sec.  3147.  The  Superintendent  of  Indian  Affairs,  and  the  Indian  agents  and  sub-agents, 
shall  have  authority  to  remove  from  the  Indian  country  all  persons  found  therein  con- 
trary to  law;  and  the  President  is  authorized  to  direct  the  military  force  to  be  employed 
in  such  removal. 

Sec.  21.50.  The  military  forces  of  the  United  States  may  be  employed  in  such  manner 
and  under  such  regulations  as  the  President  may  direct — 

First.  In  the  apprehension  of  every  person  who  may  be  in  the  Indian  country  in  vio- 
lation of  law;  and  in  conveying  him  immediately  from  the  Indian  country,  by  the  nearest 
convenient  and  safe  route,  to  the  civil  authority  of  the  Territory  or  judicial  district  in 
which  such  person  shall  be  found,  to  be  proceeded  against  in  due  course  of  law  ; 

Second.  In  the  examination  and  seizure  of  stores,  packages,  and  boats,  authorized  by 
law; 

Third.  In  preventing  the  introduction  of  persons  and  property  into  the  Indian  country 
contrary  to  law  ;  which  persons  and  property  shall  be  proceeded  against  according  to  law ; 

Fourth.  And  also  in  destroying  and  breaking  up  any  distillery  for  manufacturing  ardent 
spirits  set  up  or  continued  within  the  Indian  country. 

Sec.  2151.  No  person  apprehended  by  military  force  under  the  preceding  section  shall 
be  detained  longer  than  five  days  after  arrest  and  before  removal.  A.11  officers  and  soldiers 
who  may  have  any  such  person  in  custody  shall  treat  him  with  all  the  humanity  which 
the  circumstances  will  permit. 

Sec.  2152.  The  superintendents,  agents,  and  sub-agents  shall  endeavor  to  procure  the 
arrest  and  trial  of  all  Indians  accused  of  committing  any  crime,  offense,  or  misdemeanor, 
and  of  all  other  persons  who  may  have  committed  crimes  or  offenses  within  any  State  or 
Territory,  and  have  fled  into  the  Indian  country,  either  by  demanding  the  same  of  the 
chiefs  of  the  proper  tribe,  or  by  such  other  means  as  the  President  may  authorize.  The 
President  may  direct  the  military  force  of  the  United  States  to  be  employed  in  the  appre- 
hension of  such  Indians,  and  also  in  preventing  or  terminating  hostilities  between  any  of 
the  Indian  tribes. 

THE  PUBLIC  LANDS. 

Sec.  2460.  The  President  is  authorized  to  employ  so  much  of  the  land  and  naval  forces 
of  the  United  States  as  may  be  necessary  effectually  to  prevent  the  felling,  cutting  down, 
or  other  destruction  of  the  timber  of  the  United  States  in  Florida,  and  to  prevent  the 
transportation  or  carrying  away  any  such  timber  as  may  be  already  felled  or  cut  down ; 
and  to  take  such  other  and  further  measures  as  may  be  deemed  advisable  for  the  preser- 
vation of  the  timber  of  the  United  States  in  Florida. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America 
in  Congress  assembled.  That  if  any  person  or  persons  shall,  after  the  passing  of  this  act, 
take  possession  of,  or  make  a  settlement  on  any  lands  ceded  or  secured  to  the  United 
States,  by  any  treaty  made  with  a  foreign  nation,  or  by  a  cession  from  any  State  to  the 
United  States,  which  lands  shall  not  have  been  previously  sold,  ceded,  or  leased  by  the 
United  States,  or  the  claim  to  which  lands,  by  such  person  or  persons,  shall  not  have 
been  previously  recognized  and  confirmed  by  the  United  States  ;  or  if  any  person  or  per- 
sons shall  cause  such  lands  to  be  thus  occupied,  taken  possession  of,  or  settled ;  or  shall 
survey,  or  attempt  to  survey,  or  cause  to  be  surveyed,  any  such  lands ;  or  designate  any 
boundaries  thereon,  by  marking  trees,  or  otherwise,  until  thereto  duly  authorized  by 
law,  such  offender  or  offenders  shall  forfeit  all  his  or  their  right,  title,  and  claim,  if  any 
he  hath,  or  they  have,  of  whatsoever  nature  or  kind  the  same  shall  or  may  be,  to  the 
lands  aforesaid,  which  he  or  they  shall  have  taken  possession  of,  or  settled,  or  cause  to  bo 
occupied,  taken  possession  of,  or  settled,  or  which  he  or  they  shall  have  surveyed,  or 
attempt  to  survey,  or  cause  to  be  surveyed,  or  the  boundaries  thereof  he  or  they  shall 
have  designated,  or  cause  to  be  designated,  by  marking  trees  or  otherwise.  And  it  shall 
moreover  be  lawful  for  the  President  of  the  United  States  to  direct  the  mar.shal,  or  offi- 
cer acting  as  marshal,  in  the  manner  hereinafter  directed,  and  also  to  take  such  other 
measures,  and  to  employ  such  military  force  as  he  may  judge  necessary  and  proper,  to 
remove  from  lands  ceded  or  secured  to  the  United  States  by  treaty  or  cession  as  afore- 
said any  person  or  persons  who  shall  hereafter  take  possession  of  the  same,  or  make,  or 
attempt  to  make,  a  settlement  thereon,  until  thereunto  authorized  by  law.  And  every 
right,  title,  or  claim  forfeited  under  this  act  shall  be  taken  and  deemed  to  be  vested  in 
the  United  States,  without  any  other  or  further  proceedings :  Provided,  That  nothing 
herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  affect  the  right,  title,  or  claim  of  any  person  to 
lands  in  the  Territories  of  Orleans  or  Louisiana  before  the  boards  of  commissioners 
established  by  the  act  intituled  "An  act  for  ascertaining  and  adjusting  the  titles  and 

12851  A  R 5 


6S  ENFORCEMENT    OF    LAWS. 

claims  to  land  within  the  Territory  of  Orleans  and  the  District  of  Louisiana,"  shall  have 
made  their  reports  and  the  decision  of  Congress  been  had  thereon. 

[Section  1  of  an  act  approved  March  3rd,  1807,  perpetuated  by  sec.  5596,  Re^^sed  Stat- 
utes.] 

THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH. 

Sec.  4793.  The  quarantines  and  other  restraints  established  by  the  health  laws  of  any 
State  respecting  any  vessels  arriving  in,  or  bound  to,  any  port  or  district  thereof,  shall 
be  duly  observed  by  the  officers  of  the  customs  revenue  of  the  United  States,  by  the 
masters  and  crews  of  the  several  revenue  cutters,  and  by  the  military  officers  command- 
ing in  any  fort  or  station  upon  the  seacoast ;  and  all  such  officers  of  the  United  States 
shall  faithfully  aid  in  the  execution  of  such  quarantines  and  health  laws,  according  to 
their  respective  powers  and  within  their  respective  precincts,  and  as  they  shall  be  directed, 
from  time  to  time,  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury.    *    *    *  .  ■ 

EXTRADITION. 

Sec.  5275.  Whenever  any  person  is  delivered  by  any  foreign  government  to  an  agent  of 
the  United  States  for  the  purpose  of  being  brought  within  the  United  States  and  tried 
for  any  crime  of  which  he  is  duly  accused,  the  President  shall  have  power  to  take  all  nec- 
essary measures  for  the  transportation  and  safe-keeping  of  such  accused  person,  and  for 
his  security  against  lawless  violence,  until  the  final  conclusion  of  his  trial  for  the  crimes 
or  offenses  specified  in  the  warrant  of  extradition,  and  until  his  final  discharge  from  cus- 
tody or  imprisonment  for  or  on  account  of  such  crimes  or  offenses,  and  for  a  reasonable 
time  thereafter,  and  may  employ  such  portion  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United 
States,  or  of  the  militia  thereof,  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  safe-keeping  and  protection 
of  the  accused. 

NEUTRALITY. 

Sec.  5286.  Every  person  who,  within  the  territory  or  j  urisdiction  of  the  United  States, 
begins  or  sets  on  foot,  or  provides  or  prepares  the  means  for,  any  military  expedition  or 
enterprise,  to  be  carried  on  from  thence  against  the  territory  or  dominions  of  any  for- 
eign prince  or  state,  or  of  any  colony,  district,  or  people  with  whom  the  United  States 
are  at  peace,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  high  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  fined  not  exceed- 
ing three  thousand  dollars  and  imprisoned  not  more  than  three  years. 

Sec.  5287.  *  *  *  In  every  case  in  which  a  vessel  is  fitted  out  and  armed,  or  attempted  to 
be  fitted  out  and  armed,  or  in  which  the  force  ot  any  vessel  of  war,  cruiser,  or  other  armed 
vessel  is  increased  or  augmented,  or  in  which  any  military  expedition  or  enterprise  is 
begun  or  set  on  foot,  contrary  to  the  provisions  and  prohibitions  of  this  title ;  and  in 
every  case  of  the  capture  of  a  vessel  within  the  jurisdiction  or  protection  of  the  United 
States  as  before  defined  ;  and  in  every  case  in  which  any  process  issuing  out  of  any  court 
of  the  United  States  is  disobeyed  or  reaisted  by  any  person  having  the  custody  of  any 
vessel  of  war,  cruiser,  or  other  armed  vessel  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state,  or  of  any  col- 
ony, district,  or  people,  or  of  any  subjects  or  citizens  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state,  or 
of  any  colony,  district,  or  people,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  or  such  other  per- 
son as  he  shall  have  empowered  for  that  purpose,  to  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or 
naval  forces  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  militia  thereof  for  the  purpose  of  taking  pos- 
session of  and  detaining  any  such  vessel,  with  her  prizes,  if  any,  in  order  to  the  execution 
of  the  prohibitions  and  penalties  of  this  title,  and  to  the  restoring  of  such  prizes  in  the 
cases  in  which  restoration  shall  be  adjudged,  and  also  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  the 
carrying  on  of  any  such  expedition  or  enterprise  from  the  territories  or  jurisdiction  of 
the  United  States  against  the  territories  or  dominions  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state,  or 
of  any  colony,  district,  or  people  with  whom  the  United  States  are  at  peace. 

Sec.  5288.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  or  such  person  as  he  shall  empower  for 
that  purpose,  to  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of 
the  militia  thereof,  as  shall  be  necessary  to  compel  any  foreign  vessel  to  depart  the  United 
States  in  all  cases  in  which,  by  the  laws  of  nations  or  the  treaties  of  the  United  States, 
she  ought  not  to  remain  within  the  United  States. 

INSURRECTION. 

Sec.  5297.  In  case  of  an  insurrection  in  any  State  against  the  government  thereof,  it  shall 
be  lawful  for  the  President,  on  application  of  the  legislature  of  such  State,  or  of  the 
executive,  when  the  legislature  can  not  be  convened,  to  call  forth  such  number  of  the 


ENFORCEMENT    OF    LAWS.  67 

militia  of  any  other  State  or  States,  which  may  be  applied  for,  as  he  deems  sufllcient  to 
suppress  such  insurrection  ;  or,  on  like  application,  to  employ,  for  the  same  purposes,  such 
part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States  as  he  deems  necessary. 

Sec.  5298.  Whenever,  by  reason  of  unlawful  obstructions,  combinations,  or  assemblages 
of  persons,  or  rebellion  against  the  authority  of  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  it 
shall  become  impracticable,  in  the  judgment  of  the  President,  to  enforce,  by  the  ordinary 
course  of  judicial  proceedings,  the  laws  of  the  United  States  within  any  State  or  Territory, 
it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President  to  call  forth  the  militia  of  any  or  all  the  States,  and  to 
employ  such  parts  of  the  land  and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  as  he  may  deem 
necessary  to  enforce  the  faithful  execution  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  to  sup- 
press such  rebellion,  in  whatever  State  or  Territory  thereof  the  laws  of  the  United  States 
may  be  forcibly  opposed,  or  the  execution  thereof  forcibly  obstructed. 

Sec.  5299.  Whenever  insurrection,  domestic  violence,  unlawful  combinations,  or  con- 
spiracies in  any  State  so  obstructs  or  hinders  the  execution  of  the  laws  thereof,  and  of 
the  United  States,  as  to  deprive  any  portion  or  class  of  the  people  of  such  State  of  any  of 
the  rights,  privileges,  or  immunities,  or  protection,  named  in  the  Constitution  and  secured 
by  the  laws  for  the  protection  of  such  rights,  privileges,  or  immunities,  and  the  consti- 
tuted authorities  of  such  State  are  unable  to  protect,  or,  from  any  cause,  fail  in  or  refuse 
protection  of  the  people  in  such  rights,  such  facts  shall  be  deemed  a  denial  by  such  State 
of  the  equal  protection  of  the  laws  to  which  they  are  entitled  under  the  Constitution  of 
the  United  States ;  and  in  all  such  cases,  or  whenever  any  such  insurrection,  violence, 
unlawful  combination,  or  conspiracy  opposes  or  obstructs  the  laws  of  the  United  States, 
or  the  due  execution  thereof,  or  impedes  or  obstructs  the  due  course  of  justice  under  the 
same,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  take  such  measures, 
by  the  employment  of  the  militia  or  the  land  and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of 
either,  or  by  other  means,  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  for  the  suppression  of  such  insur- 
rection, domestic  violence,  or  combinations. 

Among  the  laws  to  be  enforced  under  sections  5298  and  5299  are  the  fol- 
lowing : 

(1)  Section  3995,  Revised  Statutes,  which  prohibits  the  obstructing  or 
retarding  the  passage  of  the  mail,  and  all  other  laws  relating  to  the  carrying 
of  the  mails. 

(2)  The  following  sections  of  an  act  approved  July  2, 1890,  entitled  : 

AN  ACT  to  protect  trade  and  commerce  against  unlawful  restraints  and  monopolies. 

Sec.1.  Every  contract,  combination  in  the  form  of  trust  or  otherwise,  or  conspiracy,  in 
restraint  of  trade  or  commerce  among  the  several  States,  or  with  foreign  nations,  is 
hereby  declared  to  be  illegal. 

Every  person  who  shall  make  any  such  contract  or  engage  in  any  such  combination  or 
conspiracy  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be 
punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding 
one  year,  or  by  both  said  punishments,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Sec.  3.  Every  contract,  combination  in  form  of  trust  or  otherwise,  or  conspiracy,  in 
restraint  of  trade  or  commerce  in  any  Territory  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  District 
of  Columbia,  or  in  restraint  of  trade  or  commerce  between  any  such  Territory  and  another, 
or  between  any  such  Territory  or  Territories  and  any  State  or  States  or  the  District  of 
Columbia,  or  with  foreign  nations,  or  between  the  District  of  Columbia  and  any  State  or 
States  or  foreign  nations,  is  hereby  declared  illegal. 

Every  person  who  shall  make  any  such  contract  or  engage  in  any  such  combination  or 
conspiracy  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction  thereof ,  shall  be 
punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding 
one  year,  or  by  both  said  punishments,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

(3)  The  following  section  of  an  act  approved  July  2,  1864,  entitled : 

AN  ACT  granting  lauds  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  a  railroad  a^d  telegraph  line  from 
Lake  Superior  to  Puget  Sound,  on  the  Pacific  coast,  by  the  Northern  route. 
Sec.  11.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  or  any  part 
thereof,  shall  be  a  post  route  and  a  military  road,  subject  to  the  use  of  the  United  States 
for  postal,  military,  naval,  and  all  other  Government  service,  and  also  subject  to  such 
regulations  as  Congress  may  impose  restricting  the  charges  for  such  Government  trans- 
portation. 


68  ENFORCEMENT    OF    LAWS. 

(4)  The  following  section  of  an  act  approved  Julj^  1,  1862,  entitled: 

AN  ACT  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  a  railroad  and  tele^aph  line  from  the  Missouri 
River  to  the  Pacific  Ocean,  and  to  secure  to  the  Government  the  use  of  the  same  for 
postal,  military,  and  other  purposes. 

(The  Union  and  Centra.1  Pacific  Railway  Companies.) 
Sec.  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  grants  aforesaid  are  made  upon  condition 
that  said  company  shall  pay  said  bonds  at  maturity,  and  shall  keep  said  railroad  and  tele- 
graph line  in  repair  and  use,  and  shall  at  all  times  transmit  dispatches  over  said  telegraph 
line  and  transport  mails,  troops,  and  munitions  of  war,  supplies,  and  public  stores  upon 
said  railroad  for  the  Government,  whenever  required  to  do  so  by  any  department  thereof, 
and  that  the  Government  shall  at  all  times  have  the  preference  in  the  use  of  the  same 
for  all  the  purposes  aforesaid.    *    *    * 

(5)  The  following  sections  of  an  act  approved  July  27,  1866,  entitled : 

AN  ACT  granting  lands  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  a  railroad  and  telegraph  line  from 
the  States  of  Missouri  and  Arkansas  to  the  Pacific  coast. 

Sec.  11.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  said  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Railroad,  or  any  part 
thereof,  shall  be  a  post  route  and  military  road,  subject  to  the  use  of  the  United  States 
for  postal,  military,  naval,  and  all  other  Government  service,  and  also  subject  to  such 
regulations  as  Congress  may  impose  restricting  the  charges  for  such  Government  trans- 
portation. 

Sec  18.  And  he  it  further  enacted.  That  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  a  company  incor- 
porated under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  California,  is  hereby  authorized  to  connect  with 
the  said  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Railroad,  formed  under  this  act,  at  such  point  near  the 
boundary  line  of  the  State  of  California,  as  they  shall  deem  most  suitable  for  a  railroad  line 
to  San  Francisco,  and  shall  have  a  uniform  gauge  and  rate  of  freight  or  fare  with  said  road  ; 
and  in  consideration  thereof,  to  aid  in  its  construction,  shall  have  similar  grants  of  land, 
subject  to  all  the  conditions  and  limitations  herein  provided,  and  shall  be  required  to 
construct  its  road  on  the  like  i-egulations,  as  to  time  and  manner,  with  the  Atlantic  and 
Pacific  Railroad  herein  provided  for. 

Sec  6316.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  take  any  vessel  or  cargo  detained  under  the  preceding 
section  [sec.  5315]  from  the  custody  of  the  proper  officers  of  the  customs,  unless  by  process 
of  some  court  of  the  United  States  ;  and  in  case  of  any  attempt  otherwise  to  take  such  vessel 
or  cargo  by  any  force,  or  combination,  or  assemblage  of  persons,  too  great  to  be  overcome 
by  the  officers  of  the  customs,  the  President,  or  such  person  as  he  shall  have  empowered 
for  that  purpose,  may  employ  such  part  of  the  Army  or  Navy  or  militia  of  the  United 
States,  or  such  force  of  citizen  volunteers  as  may  be  necessary,  to  prevent  the  removal 
of  such  vessel  or  cargo,  and  to  protect  the  officers  of  the  customs  in  retaining  the  custody 
thereof. 

GUANO  ISLANDS. 

Sec  5577.  The  President  is  authorized,  at  his  discretion,  to  employ  the  land  and  naval 
forces  of  the  United  States  to  protect  the  rights  of  the  discoverer  [of  a  guano  island]  or 
of  his  widow,  heir,  executor,  administrator,  or  assigns. 

48 §.  Officers  of  the  Army  will  not  permit  troops  under  their  command 
to  be  used  to  aid  the  civil  authorities  as  a  posse  comitatus,  or  in  execution 
of  the  laws,  except  as  provided  in  the  foregoing  paragraph. 

4S9.  If  time  will  admit,  applications  for  the  use  of  troops  for  such  purposes 
must  be  forwarded,  with  statements  of  all  material  facts,  for  the  consideration 
and  action  of  the  President ;  but  incase  of  sudden  and  unexpected  invasion, 
insurrection,  or  riot,  endangering  the  public  property  of  the  United  States, 
or  in  case  of  attempted  or  threatened  robbery  or  interruption  of  the  United 
States  mails,  or  other  equivalent  emergency  so  imminent  as  to  render  it 
dangerous  to  await  instructions  requested  through  the  speediest  means  of 
communication,  an  officer  of  the  Army  may  take  such  action  before  the 
receipt  of  instructions  as  the  circumstances  of  the  case  and  the  law  under 
which  he  is  acting  may  justify,  and  will  proi^ptly  report  his  action  and  the 
circumstances  requiring  it  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  by  tele- 
graph, if  possible,  for  the  information  of  the  President. 


CEMETERIES.  69 

490.  In  the  enforcement  of  the  laws,  troops  are  employed  as  a  part  of  the 
military  power  of  the  United  States,  and  act  under  the  orders  of  the  Presi- 
dent as  Commander-in-Chief.  They  can  not  be  directed  to  act  under  the 
orders  of  any  civil  officer.  The  commanding  officers  of  troops  so  employed 
are  directly  responsible  to  their  military  superiors.  Any  unlawful  or 
unauthorized  act  on  their  part  would  not  be  excusable  on  the  ground  of 
an  order  or  request  received  by  them  from  a  marshal  or  any  other  civil 
officer. 

49 1 .  Troops  called  into  action  against  a  mob  forcibly  resisting  or  obstruct- 
ing the  execution  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  attempting  to  destroy 
property  belonging  to  or  under  the  protection  of  the  United  States,  are  gov- 
erned by  the  general  regulations  of  the  Army  and  apply  military  tactics  in 
respect  to  the  manner  in  which  they  shall  act  to  accomplish  the  desired 
end.  It  is  purely  a  tactical  question  in  what  manner  they  shall  use  the 
weapons  with  which  they  are  armed — whether  by  fire  of  musketry  and  artil- 
lery or  by  the  use  of  the  bayonet  and  saber,  or  by  both,  and  at  what  stage 
of  the  operations  each  or  either  mode  of  attack  shall  be  employed.  This 
tactical  question  will  be  decided  by  the  immediate  commander  of  the  troops, 
according  to  his  judgment  of  the  situation.  The  fire  of  troops  should  be 
withheld  until  timely  warning  has  been  given  to  the  innocent  who  may 
be  mingled  with  the  mob.  Troops  must  never  fire  into  a  crowd  unless 
ordered  by  their  commanding  officer,  except  that  single  selected  sharpshoot- 
ers may  shoot  down  individual  rioters  who  have  fired  upon  or  thrown  mis- 
siles at  the  troops.  As  a  general  rule  the  bayonet  alone  should  be  used 
against  mixed  crowds  in  the  first  stages  of  a  revolt.  But  as  soon  as  sufficient 
warning  has  been  given  to  enable  the  innocent  to  separate  themselves  from 
the  guilty,  the  action  of  the  troops  should  be  governed  solely  by  the  tactical 
considerations  involved  in  the  duty  they  are  ordered  to  perform.  They 
should  make  their  blows  so  effective  as  to  promptly  suppress  all  resistance 
tolav>^ful  authority,  and  should  stop  the  destruction  of  life  the  moment  law- 
less resistance  has  ceased.  Punishment  belongs  not  to  the  troops,  but  to  the 
courts  of  justice. 

ARTICLE  LIII. 

Cemeteries. 

national  cemeteries. 

492.  National  cemeteries,  and  the  records  pertaining  thereto,  are  under 
the  charge  of  the  Quartermaster-General.  All  correspondence  between  his 
office  and  the  officers  of  his  department  in  charge  thereof,  and  the  civil 
engineers  and  agents  especially  employed  in  connection  therewith,  also  the 
monthly  reports  of  superintendents,  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  him. 

BATTLE-GROUND   CEMETERIES. 

493.  In  order  to  secure,  as  far  as  possible,  the  decent  interment  of  those 
who  fall  in  battle,  it  is  the  duty  of  commanding  generals  to  set  apart  a  suit- 
able spot  near  every  battlefield,  and  to  cause  the  remains  of  the  killed  to  be 
there  interred.  Headboards  will  be  placed  at  the  graves,  each  bearing  the 
number  of  the  grave  and  the  name  of  the  person  buried  therein.  A  register 
of  the  burial  ground  will  be  preserved,  in  which  will  be  entered  the  loca- 
tion of  each  grave  and  the  descriptive  numbers  and  names  which  appear 
on  the  headboards. 


70  CEMETERIES — PRINTING. 

POST   CEMETERIES. 

494.  The  commanding  officer  of  every  post  situated  on  public  lands  of 
the  United  States  will  see  that  a  suitable  portion  of  such  land  is,  when  prac- 
ticable, set  apart  and  jDroperly  maintained  for  the  burial  of  deceased  officers 
and  soldiers  and  their  families,  and  of  Government  employees. 

495.  Post  cemeteries  will  be  suitably  inclosed  with  a  wall  or  fence  of  the 
best  material  available,  and  will  be  maintained  by  the  labor  of  the  garri- 
son. Materials  for  the  construction  and  repair  of  fences  and  headboards 
will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

496.  At  each  grave  will  be  placed  a  headboard,  plainly  marked  with  a 
number,  and  with  the  name,  company,  regiment  and  date  of  death  of  the 
occupant,  the  number  to  correspond  to  the  number  in  the  record  of  inter- 
ments. Headboards  will  be  of  well-seasoned  wood,  painted  with  three  coats 
of  white  paint,  four  feet  long,  ten  inches  wide,  one  and  three-eighths  inches 
thick,  and  stand  two  feet  out  of  the  ground;  the  inscriptions  in  black 
letters  one  inch  long. 

497.  Walks  will  be  four  feet  wide,  neatly  rounded,  and  properly  drained 
and  graveled  when  the  material  is  at  hand.  When  practicable,  good  grass 
sod  should  cover  the  rest  of  the  ground,  including  the  graves,  and  nativ-e  trees 
and  shrubs  will  be  preserved  or  planted  for  ornament  and  shade. 

498.  A  record  of  interments  will  be  kept  by  the  quartermaster,  which 
will  be  turned  over  by  him,  when  relieved,  to  his  successor  or  transmitted 
to  the  Quartermaster-General  if  the  post  be  discontinued. 

499.  A  report  containing  the  names  of  persons  buried  during  the  calendar 
year,  giving  in  each  case  number  and  locality  of  grave,  date  of  death  and 
burial,  and  in  case  of  an  officer  or  enlisted  man,  his  rank,  company  and 
regiment  or  corps,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 

ARTICLE  LIV. 

Printing. 

NEWSPAPER    advertising. 

500*  Newspapers  officially  designated  for  publishing  War  Department 
advertisements  are  required  to  forward  to  the  chief  clerk  sworn  statements 
of  the  commercial  rates  charged  by  tHem  to  individuals,  with  their  usual 
discounts,  and  of  any  changes  made  in  the  same.  These  statements  will  give 
the  \size  of  type  used  in  the  advertisements  and  show  whether  the  charges 
are  made  by  the  inch,  line,  square,  or  folio,  the  rate  for  the  first  and  subse- 
quent insertions,  and  if  by  the  square,  the  number  of  lines  counted  as  such. 
Fractional  parts  of  an  inch,  square,  or  folio  will  be  paid  for  at  proportionate 
rates.  When  charges  are  varied  in  accordance  with  amount  of  space  occu- 
pied or  period  of  publication,  the  statements  will  show  the  charges  for  from 
one  square  to  the  number  of  squares  contained  in  a  column,  inserted  from 
one  to  thirty  times. 

501.  The  heads  of  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  will  furnish  officers 
charged  with  the  publication  of  advertisements  lists  of  newspapers  desig- 
nated by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  the  necessary  blanks  for  compliance 
with  these  regulations. 

502.  Officers  will  observe  conciseness  in  wording  advertisements,  and 
the  matter,  including  the  heading  and  the  name  and  title  of  the  signing 


PRINTING.  71 

officer,  must  be  set  up  close  in  one  paragraph,  without  dash  or  blank  lines, 
leading  or  displaj',  and  in  type  no  larger  than  that  ordinarily  used  in  adver- 
tisements. At  offices  and  depots  where  proposals  are  frequently  invited  it 
is  not  necessary  to  publish  in  each  case  the  conditions  usually  imposed  upon 
bidders  and  contractors  ;  a  statement  that  they  will  be  furnished  on  appli- 
cation will  suffice.  The  following  is  a  sample  of  advertisement  set  up  in 
accordance  with  these  requirements  : 

Proposals  for  Fire  Hose.— Office  of  Building  for  State, 
War,  and  Navy  Departments.  "Washington,  D.  C,  Nov.  5, 
1887.— Sealed  proposals  for  furnishing  and  delivering  unlined 
Linen  Hose,  Coupling,  and  Pipes,  for  west  and  center  wings 
of  building  for  State,  War,  and  iSavy  Departments,  in  this 
city,  will  be  received  here  until  13  m.,  Nov.  7, 1887,  and  then 
opened.  Information  furnished  on  application.  Envelopes 
containing  proposals  should  be  indorsed  "•  Proposals  for  Fire 
Hose,'  and  addressed  Thos.  Lincoln  Casey,  Col.  Engrs. 

Advertisements  for  quartermaster's  supplies  will  conform  to  the  require- 
ments of  section  3716,  Revised  Statutes. 

503.  No  official  advertisement  will  be  published  in  any  newspaper  except 
under  special  or  general  written  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 
Special  authority  authorizes  the  publication  of  a  given  advertisement 
a  specified  number  of  times  in  a  designated  newspaper  or  newspapers. 
General  authority  is  granted  only  to  disbursing  officers  engaged  in  making 
frequent  purchases  and  contracts,  and  authorizes  the  publication,  for  specified 
periods,  in  designated  newspapers,  of  such  advertisements  for  proposals  as 
their  duties  may  require.  Due  economy  as  to  the  number  of  newspapers  in 
which  an  advertisement  is  to  appear  will  be  observed  by  officers  having  gen- 
eral authority  to  advertise,  no  greater  number  being  used  in  any  case  than 
may  be  necessary  to  give  proper  and  sufficient  public  notice.  Requests  for 
authority  will  be  made  upon  prescribed  forms. 

504.  Advertisements  should  not  be  inserted  in  Sunday  editions  unless 
specially  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War.  In  case  of  great  emergency, 
"the  nature  of  which  will  be  stated,  authority  to  advertise  may  be  requested 
by  telegraph. 

505.  Advertisements  in  newspapers  announcing  sales  of  property  or 
inviting  proposals  for  furnishing  labor  or  supplies,  will,  as  a  rule,  allow 
thirty  days  to  intervene  between  date  of  first  publication  and  date  of  sale 
or  opening  of  bids.  If  necessity  require,  a  shorter  period  may  be  allowed, 
but  no  period  of  less  than  ten  days  will  be  designated  except  in  case  of  emer- 
gency. No  officer  will  authorize  the  publication  of  an  advertisement  beyond 
the  morning  of  the  day  on  which  the  sale  or  opening  of  bids  is  to  occur,  and 
no  pajTiients  wdll  be  made  for  continuing  such  publication  beyond  the  period 
authorized. 

506.  Ordinarily  advertisements  will  be  given  six  insertions  in  daily,  or 
four  in  weekly,  papers.  When  more  than  ten  days  are  to  intervene  between 
the  date  of  the  first  publication  and  the  date  of  opening,  those  in  daily  news- 
papers inviting  proposals  will  at  once  be  given  four  consecutive  insertions, 
and  immediately  before  the  date  of  opening,  two  consecutive  insertions.  In 
case  of  emergency,  advertisements  may  be  given  one  or  more  insertions,  as 
time  and  circumstances  permit. 

507.  Vouchers  covering  bills  for  advertising  in  newspapers  must,  prior 
to  payment,  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War.  They  will  be  prepared 
by  the  advertising  officer,  in  duplicate,  upon  prescribed  forms,  and  each 


72  PRINTING. 

will  have  attached  a  copy  of  the  advertisement  cut  from  the  newspaper,  and 
an  original  bill  of  the  publisher.  No  voucher  will  contain  the  account  of 
more  than  one  newspaper,  nor  for  more  than  one  advertisement.  The  num- 
ber of  squares,  lines  or  folios,  the  number  of  insertions,  and  the  amount, 
as  charged  by  the  publisher,  will  be  entered  on  the  vouchers.  The  number 
of  insertions  ordered  will  be  stated  in  the  proper  column,  and  the  column 
headed  "  Amount  allowed  "  will  be  left  blank.  The  receipt  will  be  left  blank 
and  without  signature  until  the  voucher  has  been  acted  upon  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War.  Indorsed  on  the  voucher  will  appear  a  copy  of  the  authority 
of  the  War  Department  for  the  publication,  stating  its  number.  The 
accounts  thus  prepared  will  be  forwarded  by  the  certifying  officer  direct  to 
the  chief  clerk  of  the  War  Department,  with  an  indorsement  describing  the 
inclosures. 

50S.  Accounts  presented  to  officers  for  advertisements  which  they  did 
not  order,  but  which  are  shown  to  have  been  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of 
War  to  be  published  in  the  newspaper  presenting  the  accounts  for  payment, 
will  be  prepared  upon  the  official  forms  and  transmitted  to  the  chief  clerk 
of  the  War  Department  in  the  same  manner  as  other  accounts  for  adver- 
tising.    The  following  form  of  certificate  will  be  used  in  such  cases: 

I  certify  that  the  annexed  advertisement  was  cut  from  the  newspaper  named  in  the 
above  account,  and  that  it  was  inserted  in  that  newspaper  for  the  period  stated. 

Claims  of  publishers  of  official  newspapers  for  advertisements  copied  from 
other  papers  without  authority  from  the  Secretary  of  War  will  not  be  paid. 

509.  In  the  event  of  an  officer's  death  or  removal,  the  outstanding  bills 
for  advertisements  pertaining  to  his  office  will  be  prepared,  certified,  and 
forwarded  by  his  successor,  who  is  authorized  to  vary  the  form  to  correspond 
to  the  facts.  Officers  changing  stations  will  leave  with  their  successors  com- 
plete records  relative  to  unsettled  accounts  for  advertising. 

JOB   PRIXTING. 

510.  The  printing  required  at  the  several  department  headquarters  will 
be  executed  under  contract,  thirty  days'  notice,  when  practicable,  being 
given  of  the  opening  of  proposals.  Bids  will  be  invited  and  contracts  made 
in  accordance  with  the  form  of  proposal  and  circular  of  instructions  fur- 
nished by  the  Quartermaster's  Department.  The  period  of  the  contract 
will  not  extend  beyond  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year  in  which  made,  and  the 
contract  will  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

511.  Vouchers  covering  bills  for  printing  for  department  headquarters 
will,  prior  to  payment,  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War.  They  will 
be  made  out  on  prescribed  forms,  the  printing  to  be  so  described  as  to  enable 
computations  to  be  readily  reviewed  according  to  the  customary  methods  in 
use  among  book  and  job  printers.  A  sample  of  the  j)rinting  will  accompany 
each  bill,  and  on  vouchers  for  work  classed  as  "special"  in  the  circular  of 
instructions,  the  number  of  copies  and  rate  per  hundred  will  be  stated,  and 
on  vouchers  for  other  jobs  the  date  of  x:>rinting,  number  of  copies,  name  and 
amount  of  type  (number  of  thousand  ems) ,  number  of  tokens  of  press  work, 
and  rates  per  thousand  ems  and  per  token  will  be  stated.  The  voucher  will 
show  grade  and  quantity  of  paper  furnished  by  the  printer  and  price  charged. 
The  vouchers  thus  prepared,  with  the  certificate  of  the  officer  ordering  the 
work,  as  to  its  necessity  and  propriety,  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  chief 
clerk  of  the  War  Department,  with  a  letter  of  transmittal  describing  the 
inclosures. 


PURCHASES,  ETC.  73 

512.  Printed  letter  and  note  headings  for  department  headquarters  will 
contain  only  the  designation  of  the  headquarters,  the  office  to  which  the  corre- 
spondence pertains,  post-office  address  and  blank  date.  Those  for  posts, 
regiments  and  schools  of  instruction  will  contain  only  the  designation  of 
the  post,  regiment  or  school,  post-office  address  and  blank  date. 

513.  Necessary  printing  in  special  cases  not  covered  by  contracts  for 
printing  for  department  headquarters  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  be  done 
by  contract  after  competition,  awards  being  made  to  the  lowest  responsible 
bidders.  These  contracts  and  all  vouchers  covering  the  service  will  also  be 
submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

514.  Officers  will,  as  a  rule,  obtain  all  blank  forms,  blank  books,  etc.,  by 
requisition  upon  the  heads  of  the  proper  staff  departments. 

ARTICLE  LV. 

Purchase  of  Supplies  and  Engagement  of  Services, 
general  provisions. 

515.  No  contract  or  purchase  on  behalf  of  the  United  States  shall  be  made, 
unless  the  same  is  authorized  by  law,  or  is  under  an  appropriation  adequate 
to  its  fulfillment,  except  for  clothing,  subsistence,  forage,  fuel,  quarters,  or 
transportation,  which,  however,  shall  not  exceed  the  necessities  of  the  cur- 
rent year.  (R.S.,  3732.)  No  officer  of  the  United  States  shall  accept  vol- 
untary service  for  the  Government  or  employ  personal  service  in  excess  of 
that  authorized  by  law,  except  in  case  of  emergency  involving  loss  of  life  or 
destruction  of  property.     (Act  approved  May  1,  1884.) 

516.  The  labor  of  troops  or  Government  employees,  or  Government  means 
of  transportation,  will  not  be  used  to  enable  contractors  to  fulfill  contracts, 
except  in  cases  of  manifest  necessity,  and  then  only  on  the  written  authority 
of  the  proper  commander.  Full  deduction  will  be  made  for  Government 
services  when  rendered. 

517'.  Articles  of  foreign  production  or  manufacture  for  the  service  of  the 
United  States  will  not  be  purchased  abroad  for  importation  without  special 
authority  from  the  Secretary  of  War. 

518.  Supplies,  and  services  not  personal,  required  in  the  various  depart- 
ments of  the  Army  will  be  procured  where  they  can  be  had  cheapest,  quality 
and  cost  of  transportation  in  the  case  of  supplies  being  considered  : 

1.  After  public  notice  inviting  proposals  for  thirty  days  or  more,  or  for 
ten  days  or  more  but  less  than  thirty  days,  or  for  less  than  ten  days,  accord- 
ing to  the  needs  of  the  service. 

2.  Without  public  notice. 

Personal  services  are  such  as  the  individual  employed  or  contracted  with 
must  perform  in  person  directly  under  the  control  and  supervision  of  an 
officer  or  agent  of  the  Government,  as  distinguished  from  services  the  per- 
formance of  which  may  be  delegated  by  the  contractor  to  others.  Bills 
rendered  for  such  services  must  contain  no  charge  for  material. 

519.  An  officer  charged  with  the  duty  of  making  a  contract  or  purchase 
is  responsible  tinder  the  laws  and  regulations  for  his  action.  Permission  or 
orders  to  make  a  contract  or  purchase  without  inviting  competition  will  not 
justify  the  procedure,  and  will  not  be  given. 


74 


ADVERTISING    FOR  PROPOSALS. 


520.  In  cases  of  large  purchases  a  period  of  thirty  or  more  days  should 
intervene  between  date  of  first  publication  and  of  opening  proposals.  In 
small  purchases,  from  ten  to  thirty  days  should  intervene,  and  when  the 
public  exigency  (constituting  an  emergency)  does  not  permit  ten  days  to 
intervene,  the  x)eriod  should  be  for  as  many  days  as  the  circumstances  will 
permit.  Advertising  for  proposals  by  newspapers,  in  accordance  with 
Article  LIV,  will  be  adopted  when  time  permits,  and  the  quantity  or  value 
of  the  purchase,  or  character  of  the  services,  in  the  opinion  of  the  purchas- 
ing officer,  will  justify  the  expense.  When  notice  of  less  than  thirty  days 
is  given,  advertising  by  circulars  (sent  to  principal  dealers  in  the  localities 
where  the  supplies  or  services  are  desired,  and  posted  in  public  places)  is 
permissible.  A  purchasing  officer  may  advertise  by  newspapers  and  cir- 
culars at  the  same  time. 

521.  When  advertisements  or  specifications  thereunder  do  not  announce 
fixed  standards  for  articles  required,  they  should  be  so  worded  as  to  permit 
bids  to  be  considered  item  by  item,  and  awards  to  be  made  for  the  most 
suitable  articles  of  each  kind  offered. 

522.  Whenever  it  is  intended  to  require  that  guaranties  shall  accompany 
proposals,  that  fact,  the  amounts  in  which  the  guarantors  are  to  justify, 
and  the  periods  to  be  allowed  after  the  award  for  the  execution  of  contract 
papers  and  bonds,  will  be  stated  in  the  advertisement  or  specification. 

523.  Advertisements  inviting  proposals  will  ordinarily  be  issued  by  the 
officer  who  is  to  make  the  contract  or  purchase  ;  in  special  cases,  if  compe- 
tent authority  so  direct,  they  may  be  issued  by  any  other  officer. 

524.  A  copy  of  each  advertisement  and  specification  will  be  promptly 
forwarded  by  the  officer  issuing  it,  direct  to  the  proper  bureau  of  the  War 
Department,  together  with  all  information  required  for  a  complete  under- 
standing of  the  necessity  for  the  proposed  contract  or  purchase,  and  in 
case  of  notice  by  circular,  there  will  be  indorsed  on  it  the  namds  of  persons 
to  whom  sent,  and  if  issued  for  a  period  of  less  than  ten  days,  the  reason 
why  a  longer  period  was  not  allowed  will  be  stated.  The  forwarding  of 
these  notices  at  time  of  issuing  may  be  dispensed  with  at  the  discretion  of 
the  chief  of  bureau  to  which  the  proposed  contract  or  purchase  pertains. 

PROPOSALS. 

525.  Information  in  regard  to  supplies  or  services  for  which  i^roposals 
have  been  invited  will  be  furnished  on  application  to  all  persons  desiring  it. 
but  no  person  belonging  to  or  employed  in  the  military  service  will  render 
assistance  in  the  preparation  of  proposals. 

526.  Bidders  for  supplies  will  be  informed  of  the  kind,  quantity  and 
quality  of  articles  required,  the  place,  time  and  rate  of  delivery,  and  condi- 
tions of  payment.  They  will  be  furnished  with  such  specifications  as  have 
been  adopted,  and  will  be  permitted  to  examine  the  standard  samples  at  the 
places  where  deposited. 

527.  Bidders  for  labor  will  be  informed  of  the  nature  and  extent  of  the 
services  required,  where  they  are  to  be  performed,  and  the  time  allowed  for 
performance.  They  will  be  furnished  with,  or  allowed  to  examine,  plans  and 
specifications  of  all  works  upon  which  they  desire  to  bid,  and  in  general  will 
be  furnished  with  any  information  needed  to  enable  them  to  act  understand- 
ingly. 


PURCHASES,    ETC.  75 

528.  No  person  will  be  informed,  directly  or  indirectly,  of  the  name  of 
any  one  intending  to  bid,  or  not  to  bid,  or  to  whom  information  in  resi^ect  to 
l^roposals  has  been  given. 

5  29.  Proposals  should  be  prepared  in  duplicate,  or  in  triplicate  if  required, 
in  strict  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the  advertisement  or  specifica- 
tions ;  they  should  make  specific  reference  to  the  advertisement  and  to  any 
plans  or  specifications  which  may  have  been  furnished.  Each  proposal 
should  give  the  place  of  residence  and  post-office  address  of  the  bidder,  with 
county,  State  or  Territory,  and  should  be  signed  by  the  bidder  with  his 
usual  signature  in  full. 

530.  A  proposal  by  a  person  who  affixes  to  his  signature  the  word  ' '  presi- 
dent," "secretary,"  "agent,"  or  other  designation,  without  disclosing  his 
principal,  is  the  proposal  of  the  individual.  That  by  a  corporation  should 
be  signed  with  the  name  of  the  corporation,  followed  by  the  signature  of  the 
president,  secretary  or  other  person  authorized  to  bind  it  in  the  matter,  who 
should  file  evidence  of  his  authority  to  do  so.  That  by  a  firm  should  be 
signed  with  the  firm  name,  either  by  a  member  thereof  or  by  its  agent,  giving 
the  names  of  all  members  of  the  firm.  If  an  agent  signs,  he  should  file  evi- 
dence of  his  authority  to  bind  the  firm. 

531.  In  proposals,  numbers  and  prices  will  be  written  in  words,  as  well  as 
expressed  in  figures  ;  but  when  a  great  variety  of  articles,  such  as  station- 
ery, hardware,  etc.,  is  required,  quantities  and  prices  may,  if  the  amounts 
involved  are  inconsiderable  and  the  forms  of  proposals  so  indicate,  be 
expressed  in  figures  only.  It  will  be  sufficient  if  specifications  are  referred 
to  and  are  declared  to  form  part  of  the  proposal. 

532.  Erasures  or  interlineations  should  be  explained  by  the  bidder,  in 
the  proposal,  over  his  signature. 

533.  Guaranties,  signed  by  two  responsible  parties,  will  be  required  to 
accompany  proposals  whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  officer  authorized  to 
make  the  contract,  they  are  necessary  to  protect  the  public  interests,  and 
when  so  required,  no  proposal  unaccompanied  by  a  guaranty,  made  in 
manner  and  form  as  directed  in  the  advertisement  or  specifications,  will  be 
considered. 

534.  The  guaranty  will  be  in  duplicate,  or  in  triplicate  if  required,  and 
will  be  made  out  and  executed  with  the  necessary  justification,  in  accord- 
ance with  blank  forms  furnished  by  chiefs  of  bureaus.  The  certificate  of 
sufficiency  of  guarantors  will  be  executed  in  the  manner  prescribed  in 
paragraph  563. 

535.  Proposals,  with  their  guaranties,  will  be  securely  sealed  in  suitable 
envelopes,  indorsed  and  addressed  as  required  by  the  advertisement,  and 
must  be  in  the  possession  of  the  officer  addressed  before  the  hour  appointed 
for  the  opening.  No  responsibility  will  attach  to  an  officer  for  the  pre- 
mature opening  of  any  proposal  not  so  indorsed  as  to  clearly  show  its 
character. 

536.  When  an  advertisement  calls  for  proposals  to  furnish  labor  or  sup- 
plies at  more  than  one  place,  a  separate  proposal  will  be  made  for  perform- 
ance at  each  place,  but  all  may  be  submitted  in  the  same  envelope. 

537.  Proposals  received  prior  to  the  time  of  opening  will  be  securely 
kept.  The  officer  whose  duty  it  is  to  open  them  will  decide  when  that  time 
has  arrived,  and  no  proposal  will  thereafter  be  received. 


76  PUKCHASES,    ETC. 

53S.  Before  the  time  for  opening,  any  bidder  may,  without  prejudice, 
withdraw  from  competition  by  giving  ^vritten  notice  of  his  decision  to  the 
officer  holding  his  bid,  and  when  his  bid  is  reached  at  the  opening  it  will  be 
returned  to  him  or  his  authorized  agent  unread. 

539.  Proposals  will  be  opened  and  read  aloud  at  the  time  and  place 
appointed  for  the  opening  (bidders  having  the  right  to  be  present) ,  and  each 
proposal  will  then  and  there  be  numbered  and  entered  on  an  abstract,  the 
articles  being  entered  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  to  appear  on  the 
returns.  Articles  to  be  procured  by  contract  will  be  abstracted  separately 
from  those  to  be  procured  on  written  acceptance.  If  the  number  of  pro- 
posals is  large,  those  relating  to  specific  articles  or  classes  of  articles  may  be 
entered  on  separate  abstracts.  The  number  of  each  proposal,  with  the 
quantities  and  prices  of  articles  offered  and  dates  of  delivery,  will  appear 
in  the  proper  columns,  and  a  copy  of  the  advertisement  or  notice,  under 
which  the  proposals  are  received,  with  a  copy  of  the  specifications  if  any, 
will  be  attached  to  the  upper  left-hand  corner  of  the  abstract.  When  two 
or  more  sheets  are  used  for  the  abstract  they  will  be  properly  fastened 
together  and  paged  on  the  upper  right-hand  corner. 

540.  Proposals  will  be  separately  folded  and  numbered  as  vouchers  to 
the  abstract.  They  will  not  be  fastened  together  nor  to  contracts,  except  to 
the  copy  required  to  be  sent  to  the  Returns  Office. 

541.  When  proposals  are  received  at  a  post,  unless  by  an  officer  author- 
ized to  make  the  award,  as  in  cases  involving  small  expenditures,  they 
and  the  abstract  will  be  forwarded  to  department  headquarters,  with  the 
recommendations  of  the  receiving  officer  and  the  post  commander  as  to  the 
person  to  whom  the  award  should  be  made.  When  a  purchasing  officer, 
acting  under  the  direct  supervision  of  a  chief  of  bureau,  has  invited  and 
received  proposals,  he  will  make  the  award  and  execute  the  necessary  papers, 
unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  chief  of  bureau. 

AWARDS. 

542.  When  proposals  for  supplies  for  the  general  service  of  a  department 
are  received  at  its  headquarters,  the  chief  officer  of  that  branch  of  the  staff 
to  which  they  pertain  will  submit  them  to  the  department  commander,  and 
under  his  supervision,  will  make  the  award  and  execute  the  necessary 
papers,  unless  under  existing  orders  the  action  of  higher  authority  is 
necessary. 

543.  Except  in  rare  cases,  when  the  United  States  elects  to  exercise  the 
right  to  reject  proposals,  awards  will  be  made  to  the  lowest  responsible 
bona  fide  bidder  whose  proposal  for  furnishing  a  proper  article  is  not 
unreasonable. 

544.  Slight  failures  on  the  part  of  a  bidder  to  comply  strictly  with  the 
terms  of  an  advertisement  should  not  necessarily  lead  to  the  rejection  of  his 
bid,  but  the  interests  of  the  Grovernment  will  be  f ullj'  considered  in  making 
the  award. 

545.  Articles  of  domestic  production  or  manufacture  will  be  preferred 
to  those  of  foreign  origin,  cost  and  quality  being  equal. 

546.  When  no  guaranty  is  required,  bidders  must,  if  called  upon  by  the 
awarding  officer,  furnish  satisfactory  evidence  before  the  award  is  made  of 
their  ability  to  carry  their  proposals  into  effect. 


PURCHASES,    ETC.  77 

54.7.  The  accepted  quantity  and  price  will  be  noted  on  the  abstract  of 
pror)osals  in  the  column  of  ' '  Remarks, "  opposite  the  name  of  the  bidder.  If  a 
bid  is  rejected,  and  one  at  a  higher  price  accepted,  the  reason  for  the  rejec- 
tion will  be  written  in  the  column  of  remarks.  When  contracts  are  made 
that  fact  will  be  stated  in  the  abstract. 

ABSTRACTS   OF   PROPOSALS. 

548.  A  copy  of  each  abstract,  in  those  cases  where  contracts  are  to  be 
entered  into,  made  as  directed  in  paragraphs  539, 541,  and  547,  accompanied 
by  a  duplicate  of  each  proposal  received,  will,  as  soon  as  considered,  be  for- 
warded to  the  proper  bureau  of  the  War  Department.  When  the  purchase 
of  supplies  or  engagement  of  services  is  made  through  written  proposal 
and  written  acceptance  only,  the  abstract  and  proposals  need  not  be  for- 
warded unless  specially  directed. 

METHODS   OF   PURCHASE. 

549.  A  purchase  of  supplies  or  engagement  of  services  will  be  made: 

1.  By  contract,  "reduced  to  writing  and  signed  by  the  contracting  parties 
with  their  names  at  the  end  thereof.''  Agreements  of  this  character  only 
are  termed  "  contracts  "  in  these  regulations. 

2.  By  written  proposal  and  written  acceptance. 

3.  By  oral  agreement. 

When  delivery  or  performance  does  not  immediately  follow  an  award 
or  bargain,  the  first  method  will  be  used ;  when  delivery  or  performance 
immediately  follows  an  award  or  bargain,  the  second  method  may  be 
resorted  to. 

550.  Contracts  will  be  made  on  forms  furnished  by  the  chiefs  of  bureaus, 
in  cases  where  such  forms  are  applicable,  and  those  forms  will  be  modified 
only  to  such  extent  as  is  necessary.  All  conditions  will  be  stated  therein  as 
fully  and  clearly  as  possible. 

551.  Contracts  will  be  made  in  the  name  of,  and  will  be  signed  by,  the 
officer  designated  by  the  chief  of  bureau  to  which  the  contracts  pertain. 
They  will  not  be  made  at  posts  unless  ordered  by  superior  authority,  and 
they  will  not  be  so  ordered  unless  the  stores  or  services  required,  of  proper 
quality  or  kind,  can  be  procured  as  cheaply  there  as  elsewhere. 

552.  When  a  contract  is  entered  into  with  a  partnership,  the  individual 
names  of  the  partners  should  be  given  in  the  body  of  the  instrument,  with 
the  recitation  that  they  are  partners  composing  a  firm,  which  should  be 
named,  and  it  may  be  signed  in  the  name  of  the  partnership  by  one  of  the 
partners,  who  will  append  his  own  signature  as  one  of  the  firm. 

553.  Contracts  executed  by  a  corporation  should  have  the  name  of  the 
corporation  in  the  body  of  the  instrument,  and  should  be  signed  by  the 
president,  secretary  or  other  person  acting  in  its  behalf,  who  should  sign 
the  corporate  name  and  his  own.  The  contract  should  be  executed  under 
the  corporate  seal,  when  the  corporation  has  a  seal,  and  evidence  should  be 
furnished  also  under  the  corporate  seal  as  to  the  official  character  of  the 
person  by  whom  it  is  executed,  and  that  he  is  duly  authorized  to  execute  the 
same  in  behalf  of  the  corporation.  This  evidence  may  be  a  properly  verified 
extract  from  the  articles  of  incorporation  or  from  the  by-laws  or  from  the 
minutes  of  the  board  of  directors. 


78  PURCHASES,    ETC. 

554.  All  contracts  will  be  executed  in  qnintuplicate.  One  is  for  the  con- 
tractor, one  for  the  contracting  officer,  one  for  the  Auditor  for  the  War 
Department,  one  for  the  head  of  the  bureau  to  which  the  contract  pertains 
and  one  for  the  Returns  Office  of  the  Interior  Department. 

555.  Upon  receipt  of  the  contract  in  qnintuplicate  at  the  proper  bureau 
it  will  be  examined,  and  if  found  correct,  approved.  Shoiild  any  illegality 
be  discovered,  it  will  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

556.  The  copy  intended  for  the  Returns  Office  will  be  sent  thereto  by  the 
officer  making  and  signing  the  same,  as  soon  as  possible  after  the  contract 
has  been  made  and  approved,  and  within  thirty  days,  together  with  all  bids, 
offers,  and  proposals  made  by  persons  to  obtain  the  contract,  and  with  a 
copy  of  the  advertisement ;  all  of  which  will  be  fastened  together  by  a  ribbon 
and  seal,  and  numbered  in  regular  order,  with  the  affidavit  of  the  contract- 
ing officer  appended  in  the  following  form  : 

1  do  solemnly  swear  that  the  copy  of  contract  hereto  annexed  is  an  exact  copy  of  a  con- 
tract made  by  me  personally  with ;  that  I  made  the  same  fairly,  without  any 

benefit  or  advantage  to  myself,  or  allowing  any  such  benefit  or  advantage  corruptly  to 

the  said or  any  other  person  ;  and  that  the  papers  accompanying  include  all 

those  relating  to  the  said  contract,  as  required  by  the  statute  in  such  case  made  and 
provided. 

557.  In  case  of  a  purchase  made  by  an  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's  or 
Subsistence  Department  after  public  notice  of  ten  days  or  more,  the  copy 
intended  for  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  must  be  accompanied 
by  a  copy  of  the  advertisement,  a  certificate  of  the  contracting  officer  as  to 
the  time  and  manner  of  its  publication,  and  his  certificate  that  the  award 
was  made  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder  for  the  best  and  most  suitable 
article, 

55§.  All  papers  relating  to  or  affecting  the  performance  of  any  contract 
will  finally  be  transmitted  to  the  bureau  of  the  War  Department  to  which 
the  contract  pertains,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  704. 

contractors'  bonds. 

559.  Bonds  for  the  faithful  performance  of  contracts  for  supplies  or  serv- 
ice will  be  required  in  the  following  cases : 

1.  When  the  consideration  is  $3,000  or  more,  whatever  may  be  the  length 
of  time  required  for  the  full  i^erf ormance  of  the  contract. 

2.  When  the  consideration  is  over  $250  but  less  than  $3,000  and  the  con- 
tract can  not  be  fully  performed  within  thirty  days  from  its  date. 

Bonds  may  be  exacted  or,  in  the  discretion  of  the  respective  chiefs  of 
bureaus  concerned,  waived  in  the  following  cases : 

1.  When  the  consideration  is  less  than  $3,000  and  the  contract  is  to  be 
fully  performed  within  thirty  days  from  its  date. 

2.  When  the  consideration  is  not  more  than  $250,  whatever  may  be  the 
length  of  time  required  for  full  performance. 

3.  When  the  contract  is  for  furnishing  meals  to  recruits  and  recruiting 
parties. 

The  amount  of  penalty  in  a  contractor's  bond  will  be  fixed  by  the  con- 
tracting officer,  and  will  not  be  less  than  one-tenth  nor  more  than  the  full 
amount  of  the  consideration  of  the  contract. 

Nothing  in  this  paragraph  is  to  be  construed  as  authorizing  the  waiving 
of  bonds  required  under  paragraph  565. 


79 

560.  When  bonds  for  the  faithful  performance  of  contracts  are  exacted, 
they  will  be  made  and  executed  with  the  necessary  justification  and  certifi- 
cation of  sufficiency  of  sureties,  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  printed 
on  the  blank  forms  of  contractors'  bonds  furnished  by  the  chiefs  of  bureaus. 
Such  bonds  must  be  executed  by  the  contractor  as  principal,  and  by  a  surety 
conii)any,  or  by  at  least  two  sufficient  and  responsible  persons  who  must  be 
citizens  of  the  United  States,  as  sureties.  Each  must  affix  to  his  signature 
a  seal,  and  each  signature  must  be  attested  by  at  least  one  witness.  When 
practicable  there  will  be  a  separate  witness  to  each  signature. 

561.  A  company  duly  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  United  States, 
or  of  any  State,  and  legally  authorized  to  guarantee  bonds,  may  be  accepted 
as  surety,  under  the  conditions  prescribed  in  Article  LVI.  A  firm,  as  such, 
will  not  be  accepted  as  surety,  nor  a  partner  for  a  copartner  or  firm  of 
which  he  is  a  member.  Stockholders  who  are  not  officers  of  a.  corporation 
may  be  accepted  as  sureties  for  such  corporation. 

562.  A  guarantor,  or  the  guarantors,  to  a  bidder's  guaranty  may  be 
accepted  as  surety,  or  sureties,  to  the  bond  of  the  same  person  as  contractor, 
provided  such  guarantor  or  guarantors  are  able  to  justify  as  required  for 
the  bond. 

563.  The  sureties,  if  non-corporate  guarantors,  must  jointly  justify  in 
double  the  amount  of  the  penalty.  The  affidavit  must  be  taken  before  a 
person  authorized  by  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  State,  Territory  or 
District,  to  administer  oaths.  Justification  will  be  followed  by  the  certifi- 
cate of  a  judge  or  clerk  of  a  United  States  court,  a  United  States  district 
attorney.  United  States  commissioner,  a  judge  or  clerk  of  a  State  court  of 
record  with  the  seal  of  said  court  attached,  that  the  guarantors  or  sureties 
are  known  to  him,  and  that,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief, 
each  is  worth,  over  and  above  all  debts  and  liabilities,  the  sum  stated  in  his 
affidavit  of  justification.  If  found  necessary,  separate  certificates  may  be 
furnished  as  to  each  guarantor  or  surety. 

564.  Contractors'  bonds  will  be  executed  in  duplicate,  one  to  accom- 
pany the  copy  of  the  contract  which  is  sent  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War 
Department,  and  the  other  retained  by  the  officer  who  makes  the  contract. 

565.  When  a  contract  is  entered  into  for  the  construction  of  any  public 
building,  or  the  prosecution  and  completion  of  any  public  work,  or  for 
repairs  on  any  public  building  or  public  work,  the  contractor  will  be 
required,  before  entering  upon  performance  of  the  same,  to  include  in  the 
bond  given  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  contract  the  further  obliga- 
tion that  he  will  promptly  make  payments  to  all  persons  who  supply  him 
with  labor  and  materials  for  the  prosecution  of  the  work  provided  for  in  such 
contract.  A  certified  copy  of  this  contract  and  bond  will  be  furnished  to 
any  person  who  has  supplied  such  labor  or  materials,  upon  his  application 
to  the  War  Department,  accompanied  by  an  affidavit  that  the  labor  or  mate- 
rials have  been  supplied  by  him  and  have  not  been  paid  for  by  the  contractor. 

ORAL  AGREEMENT. 

566.  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  549,  supplies  may  be  pro- 
cured and  services  engaged  by  oral  agreement,  in  the  manner  common 
among  business  men,  in  the  following  cases  : 

1.  When  the  public  exigencies  require  immediate  delivery  of  supplies  or 
performance  of  services,  and  there  is  no  time  to  advertise  by  newspapers 
or  circulars. 


80  PURCHASES,    ETC. BONDS. 

2.  When  prices  of  articles  are  fixed  and  nniform,  and  no  competition  can 
be  had. 

3.  When  proposals  have  been  invited  and  none  have  been  received. 

4.  When  proposals  are  above  the  market  price  or  otherwise  unreasonable. 

5.  When  the  aggregate  amount  of  a  purchase,  including  all  items  that 
can  reasonably  be  consolidated,  does  not  exceed  $200,  if  the  interests  of  the 
Government  will  be  promoted  by  dispensing  with  public  notice  or  adver- 
tisement. 

6.  When  "  exceptional  articles  "  are  purchased  by  the  Subsistence  Depart- 
ment, or  medical  supplies  by  the  Medical  Department. 

567.  Before  making  a  purchase  by  oral  agreement  the  officer  will  inform 
himself  concerning  prevailing  prices  by  inquiry  among  principal  dealers  in 
his  locality. 

568.  Open  purchases  for  the  military  service  on  or  near  an  Indian  reser- 
vation will  be  made  as  far  as  practicable  from  the  Indians,  when  fair  and 
reasonable  rates,  not  exceeding  the  market  prices  in  the  locality,  can  be 
obtained. 

REPORTS  OF  PURCHASES. 

569.  An  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's  or  Subsistence  Department  who 

makes  a  purchase  of  supplies,  or  an  engagement  of  services  not  personal, 
after  public  notice  of  less  than  ten  days,  or  an  officer  of  any  department 
(except  the  Medical  Department)  who  makes  a  purchase  of  supplies  or 
engagement  of  services  under  paragraph  566,  will  transmit  with  his  monthly 
money  accounts,  to  the  head  of  the  bureau  to  which  the  matter  pertains,  a 
report  setting  forth  in  detail  the  quantity,  price,  name  of  seller,  etc.,  of  the 
supplies  so  purchased,  or  the  nature  of  the  services  so  engaged,  and  the 
reasons  for  the  mode  adopted  in  each  case.  "Exceptional  articles"  pur- 
chased by  the  Subsistence  Department  will  be  reported  as  such,  without 
items  or  reasons  for  purchase.  The  head  of  the  bureau  will  submit  these 
reports  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

MARKING  SUPPLIES  BY  CONTRACTORS. 

5 '70.  Contractors  furnishing  supplies  will  mark  and  distinguish  them 
with  their  names  and  with  such  other  designations  as  shall  be  directed  by  the 
purchasing  officer. 

ARTICLE   LVI. 
Bonds  of  Disbursing  Officers,  Bidders  and  Contractors. 

571.  Disbursing  officers  of  the  Quartermaster's,  Subsistence  and  Pay 
Departments,  and  all  storekeepers,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  their 
respective  offices,  will  give  bonds  as  required  by  law.  Chiefs  of  bureaus 
will  see  that  such  bonds  are  examined  as  to  sufficiency  of  sureties  at  least 
once  in  two  years,  and  renewed  once  in  four  years,  or  more  frequently  if 
necessary. 

572.  Sureties  to  bonds  given  by  disbursing  officers  will  be  bound  jointly 
and  severally  for  the  whole  amount  expressed  therein,  and  must  satisfy  the 
Secretary  of  War  that  they  are  worth,  jointly,  double  such  amount,  each 
surety  making  affidavit  that  he  is  worth  that  sum  over  and  above  his  debts 
and  liabilities,  and  stating  in  the  affidavit  his  place  of  residence. 

573.  When  the  principal  of  the  bond  is  a  corporation,  a  copy  of  its  char- 
ter or  articles  of  incorporation,  authenticated  by  the  secretary  of  state  or 


BONDS.  81 

other  officer  having  authority,  will  be  attached  to  the  bond.  A  copy  of  the 
record  of  the  organization  of  the  corporation  and  of  the  selection  and 
qualification  of  the  officers  executing  the  bond  in  its  behalf,  as  well  as  a 
copy  of  the  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board  of  directors  or  other  gov- 
erning body  of  the  corporation,  showing  their  authority  to  execute  the 
same — all  duly  certified  by  the  custodian  of  sucii  records,  under  the  seal  of 
the  corporation,  to  be  correct  copies — w^ill  be  attached  thereto. 

574.  Before  a  corporation  will  be  accepted  as  surety  there  must  be  filed 
with  the  Secretary  of  War  a  copy  of  its  charter  or  articles  of  incorporation, 
and  of  all  laws  that  may  be  necessary  or  which  may  be  required  in  addition 
to  the  charter  to  show  that  it  has  power  to  enter  into  the  obligation,  these 
copies  to  be  authenticated  by  the  secretary  of  state  or  other  officer  having 
authority ;  also  a  copy  of  the  record  of  the  organization  of  the  corporation 
and  of  the  selection  and  qualification  of  the  officers,  as  well  as  a  copy  of  the 
by-laws  or  other  records  authorizing  certain  officers  of  the  corporation  to 
execute  bonds  in  its  behalf,  these  copies  to  be  duly  certified  by  the  custodian 
of  such  records,  under  the  seal  of  the  corporation,  to  be  correct  copies. 
There  will  also  be  filed  an  itemized  statement  of  the  financial  condition  of 
the  company  showing  its  assets  and  liabilities,  and  a  statement  of  the  amount 
of  its  existing  obligations  as  surety,  duly  certified  under  the  corporate  seal 
by  the  custodian  of  the  records  of  the  corporation  to  have  been  compared  by 
him  with  the  records  and  found  to  be  correct.  These  papers  will  not  be 
attached  to  the  bond.  All  papers  specified  and  a  statement  of  the  financial 
condition  of  the  company  will  be  furnished  as  often  as  the  Secretary  of  War 
may  require ;  provided,  however,  that  the  financial  statement  will  be  fur- 
nished semiannually,  withoiit  being  called  for;  and  the  evidence  as  to  the 
selection  and  qualification  of  the  officers  of  the  company  will  be  furnished 
immediately  after  their  election  ;  and  whenever  any  change  is  made  in  their 
authority  to  execute  bonds,  evidence  thereof  will  be  immediately  furnished. 

575.  In  case  of  financial  embarrassment,  failure,  or  other  disqualifying 
cause  on  the  part  of  the  surety  to  a  bond,  the  Secretary  of  War  will  require 
the  bond  to  be  renewed  to  his  satisfaction,  upon  notification  to  the  principal. 

576.  Before  a  corporation  will  be  accepted  as  surety  it  must  obtain 
authority  in  writing  from  the  Attorney-General  to  do  business  under  the  act 
of  August  13,  1894,  and  must  file  with  the  Secretary  of  War  a  copy  of  such 
authority,  duly  certified  as  a  true  copy  by  the  Department  of  Justice. 

577.  Before  a  corporation  will  be  accepted  as  surety  on  the  bond  of  a 
principal  residing  in  a  State  or  Territory  other  than  the  one  in  which  it  was 
incorporated,  it  must  comply  with  the  requirements  of  section  2  of  act  of 
August  13,  1894,  as  to  the  appointment  of  an  agent  on  whpm  process  may  be 
served,  etc. ,  and  must  file  with  the  Secretary  of  War  a  copy  of  the  power  of 
attorney  to  such  agent,  authenticated  under  the  seal  of  the  United  States 
district  court  for  the  judicial  district  within  which  the  agent  resides,  or  the 
certificate  of  the  Department  of  Justice  that  the  company  has  complied  with 
the  provisions  of  section  2  of  said  act  of  August  13,  1894. 

578.  The  principal  and  surety  must  sign  and  seal  the  bond.  The  corporate 
seal  of  the  corporation  must  be  affixed  to  the  bond  by  some  person  duly 
authorized,  who  must  also  affix  the  name  of  the  corporation  to  it,  followed 
by  his  own  signature  and  official  designation  written  after  the  word  "  by." 
The  names  and  places  of  business  of  the  principal  and  surety  must  be  writ- 
ten in  the  body  of  the  bond. 

12851  An 6 


82  MONEY    ACCOUNTABILITY. 

ARTICLE   LVII. 

Money  Accountability, 
public  moneys. 

579.  The  use  of  moneys  for  purposes  other  than  those  for  which  appro- 
priated, liquidation  of  liabilities  of  one  fiscal  year  by  use  of  moneys  appro- 
priated for  another,  and  expenditures  in  a  fiscal  year  of  any  sum  in  excess 
of  appropriations  for  that  year,  or  involving  the  Government  in  any  con- 
tract for  future  payment  of  money  in  excess  of  appropriations,  except  as 
authorized  by  paragraph  515,  are  prohibited. 

5§0.  Chiefs  of  bureaus  will  see  that  funds  in  the  hands  of  a  disbursing 
officer  are  limited  to  his  requirements  for  a  brief  period,  and  that  as  much 
as  practicable  of  public  moneys  placed  to  his  credit  is  kept  with  the  Treas- 
urer or  an  assistant  treasurer  of  the  United  States.  Estimates  for  funds 
should  state  the  most  convenient  places  of  deposit. 

5§1.  Lists  of  national-bank  depositories,  designated  for  the  use  of  dis- 
bursing officers,  with  the  amounts  of  securities  filed  by  each  with  the  United 
States  Treasurer,  will  be  published  from  time  to  time  in  orders  from  the 
Adjutant-General's  Office, 

582.  Where  thfere  are  two  or  more  designated  depositories  in  the  same 
place,  credits  should  be  so  regulated  by  each  disbursing  officer  there  stationed 
as  to  maintain,  as  far  as  possible  (by  deposits,  disbursements  and  transfers) , 
a  proportion  between  the  amount  of  his  credit  at  each  depository  and  the 
amount  of  securities  filed  by  it  with  the  United  States  Treasurer.  Trans- 
fers from  one  depository  to  another  are  not  authorized,  except  through  the 
Treasury  Department. 

583.  When  an  officer  disburses  money  in  different  capacities,  his  deposits 
and  accounts  will  be  kept  distinct,  according  to  the  bureaus  to  which  they 
pertain. 

584.  P.ublic  moneys  subject  to  disbursement  coming  into  the  hands  of 
an  officer  from  any  source  must  be  promptly  placed  by  him  to  his  credit  with 
the  Treasurer  or  an  assistant  treasurer  of  the  United  States,  or  a  duly  desig- 
nated depositary,  or  transferred  to  a  disbursing  officer  of  that  branch  of  the 
public  service  to  which  the  money  pertains ;  in  either  of  which  cases  a  receipt 
will  be  obtained.  Exceptions  to  this  rule  are  allowed  where  a  disbursing 
officer  has  been  specially  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War  to  keep  in  his 
personal  possession,  at  his  own  risk,  the  public  moneys  which  have  been 
intrusted  to  him  for  disbursement,  and  money  in  hand  may  be  disbursed  at 
once  without  being  placed  in  depositories  if  payments  are  due.  The  amount 
of  subsistence  funds  which  a  commissary  may  keep  in  his  personal  possession, 
at  his  own  risk,  is  stated  in  orders  from  the  War  Department. 

585.  A  disbursing  officer  ceasing  to  act  as  such  and  having  public  funds 
to  his  credit  in  any  office  or  bank  will  at  once  inform  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  stating  what  checks  drawn  against  the  same  are  still  outstanding 
and  unpaid. 

586.  All  amounts  of  money  held  at  the  end  of  each  fiscal  year  by  the 
Treasurer,  an  assistant  treasurer  or  a  designated  depositary,  credited  to  a 
disbursing  officer  whose  account  has  remained  unchanged,  either  by  deposit 
or  payment,  for  the  space  of  three  years,  shall  be  covered  into  the  Treasury, 
to  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  such  officer  if  it  be  found  that  he  is  entitled  to 
the  credit. 


MONEY    ACCOUNTABILITY.  83 

DISBURSING   OFFICERS. 

587.  No  officer  disbursing  money  for  the  military  service,  or  directing 
the  disbursement  thereof,  shall  be  concerned  individually,  directly  or  indi- 
rectly, in  the  purchase  or  sale  of  any  article  intended  for,  used  by,  or  per- 
taining to  the  department  of  the  public  service  in  which  he  is  engaged. 

588.  No  officer  or  clerk  of  a  disbursing  officer  shall  be  interested  in  the 
purchase  of  any  soldier's  certificate  of  pay  due,  or  any  other  claim  against 
the  United  States. 

589.  Officers  or  agents  in  the  military  service  will  not  purchase  supplies 
for  the  Government  from  any  other  person  in  the  military  service,  nor 
contract  with  any  such  person  to  furnish  supplies  or  service  to  the  Govern- 
ment, nor  make  any  Government  purchase  or  contract  in  which  such  person 
shall  be  admitted  to  share  or  receive  benefit. 

590.  If  any  disbursing  officer  shall  bet  at  cards  or  any  game  of  hazard 
his  commanding  officer  will  suspend  his  functions,  require  him  to  turn  over 
all  public  funds  in  his  keeping,  and  will  immediately  report  the  case  to  the 
proper  bureau  of  the  War  Department.  He  will  also  report  the  case  to  the 
department  commander,  who  will  at  once  convene  a  court-martial  for  the 
trial  of  the  officer. 

591.  Every  disbursing  officer,  in  opening  his  first  account  and  before 
issuing  any  checks,  will  furnish  the  depositary  on  whom  the  checks  are  to 
be  drawn  with  his  official  signature,  duly  verified  by  some  officer  whose 
signature  is  known  to  the  depositary. 

592.  For  every  Treasury  draft  received  by  a  depositary  to  be  placed  to  the 
official  credit  of  a  disbursing  officer,  and  for  every  deposit  of  funds  made 
by  the  officer  to  his  official  credit,  subject  to  payment  of  his  checks,  a 
receipt,  numbered  in  serial  order,  and  giving  the  place  and  date  of  issue, 
will  be  furnished  him  by  the  depositary,  setting  forth  the  character  of  the 
funds,  i.  e.,  whether  coin  or  currency.  If  the  credit  is  made  by  a  disbursing 
officer's  check  transferring  funds,  the  essential  items  of  the  check  will  be 
enumerated,  and  if  by  a  Treasury  draft,  the  warrant  number.  The  title  of 
the  officer  will  be  expressed,  and  the  title  of  the  account  will  also  show  for 
what  branch  of  the  public  service  it  is  kept.  The  receipt,  called  "  a  dis- 
bursing officer's  receipt,"  will  be  retained  by  the  officer  in  whose  favor  it 
is  made. 

593.  An  officer  is  not  authorized  to  insure  public  money  or  property,  and 
he  will  not  be  allowed  credit  for  any  expense  paid  for  the  collection  of 
money  on  checks,  except  as  provided  for  military  attaches  serving  abroad. 

TRANSFERS. 

594.  Public  funds  will,  in  general,  be  transferred  as  follows :  The  officer 
making  the  transfer  will  draw  his  check  directing  the  depositary  to  place 
a  stated  amount  to  the  official  credit  of  the  officer  named  therein.  The  check 
will  be  sent  to  the  depositary  and  not  to  the  officer  in  whose  favor  it  is 
drawn.  If  it  is  necessary  that  the  officer  to  whom  the  funds  are  transferred 
shall  receive  them  without  delay,  the  transferring  officer  may  draw  his 
check  and  transmit  the  same  direct  to  the  officer  requiring  them.  In  either 
case,  invoices  of  the  funds  transferred  are  sent  to  the  receiving  officer. 

595.  Funds  will  not  be  transferred  from  one  appropriation  for  the  use 
of  another,  by  borrowing  or  otherwise. 


84  MONEY    ACCOUNTABILITY. 

-CHECKS. 

596.  A  disbursing  officer  may  draw  his  check  in  favor  of  himself  "  or 
bearer  "  for  making  payments  of  amounts  not  exceeding  $20 ;  for  making 
payments  at  a  distance  from  a  depository;  or  for  making  payments  of  fixed 
salaries  due  at  a  certain  period,  if  the  check  be  not  drawn  more  than  two 
days  before  the  salaries  become  due.  In  all  other  cases  checks  will  be  made 
payable  to  "order"  or  "bearer,"  and  will  be  drawn  only  in  favor  of  the 
persons,  firms  or  corporations,  by  name,  to  whom  the  payments  are  to  be 
made. 

597.  Each  check  of  a  disbursing  officer  must  state  on  its  face  the  object 
of  the  expenditure,  and  in  case  of  payment  to  officers  or  enlisted  men,  the 
period  covered  by  the  payment.  Such  statements  must  be  brief  but  clear, 
as,  for  instance,  "  pay,"  "pay  roll,"  or  "  payment  of  troops,"  adding  the  post 
or  station;  "purchase  of  subsistence"  or  of  other  supplies,  naming  them; 
"on  contract  for  construction,"  mentioning  the  fortification  or  other  public 
work  for  which  the  payment  is  made  ;  "  payments  under  $20,"  etc.  Pay- 
ment is  refused  on  all  checks  where  this  requirement  is  disregarded,  and 
report  of  the  fact  made  to  the  Treasury. 

598.  Disbursing  officers  will  not  pay  an  account  until  it  is  due.  In 
cases  of  contracts  for  the  performance  of  service  or  delivery  of  articles, 
payment  will  not  exceed  the  value  of  services  rendered,  or  articles  actually 
delivered. 

599.  When  an  original  check  of  a  disbursing  officer,  not  exceeding  $2,500 
in  amount,  has  been  lost  or  destroyed,  a  duplicate  check  may  be  issued  by 
him,  after  six  months  and  within  three  years  of  the  date  of  the  original, 
upon  the  owner  filing  with  him  the  notice  and  proof  of  loss  and  the  indemnity 
bond  required  by  sections  3646  and  3647,  Revised  Statutes,  and  act  of  February 
16,  1885.  In  case  the  disbursing  officer  who  issued  the  original  check  is  no 
longer  in  the  service,  the  notice  and  proof  of  loss,  and  the  indemnity  bond  will 
be  sent  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  prior  to  the  issue  of  a  duplicate  check. 
The  proper  accounting  officer  of  the  Treasury  will  state  an  account  in  favor 
of  the  owner  of  said  check  and  charge  the  amount  thereof  to  the  account  of 
such  officer.  Instructions  for  the  execution  and  use  of  the  affidavit  and  bond, 
and  the  issue  of  the  duplicate  check,  accompany  the  blank  form  furnished 
by  the  Treasury  Department. 

600.  In  case  of  the  death,  resignation  or  removal  from  active  service  of 
a  disbursing  officer,  any  check  previously  drawn  by  him,  and  not  presented 
for  payment  within  four  months  of  its  date,  will  not  be  paid  until  its  correct- 
ness shall  have  been  attested  b}^  the  Secretary  or  Assistant  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury. 

601.  A  check  drawn  by  a  disbursing  officer  still  in  active  ser\'ice,  pre- 
sented before  it  shall  have  been  issued  three  full  fiscal  years,  will  be  paid  in 
the  usual  manner  by  the  office  or  bank  on  which  it  is  drawn,  and  from  funds 
to  the  credit  of  the  drawer. 

602.  At  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  every  disbursing  officer  will  make 
a  return  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasurj^,  through  the  proper  channels,  of 
all  outstanding  checks  issued  by  him  three  years  or  more  prior  thereto,  giv- 
ing the  names  of  paj^ees  and  their  residences  when  known,  the  purposes^ 
for  which  and  places  on  which  the  checks  were  drawn,  with  amounts,  num- 
bers and  dates  of  same,  and  the  numbers  of  the  vouchers  received  therefor. 


MONEY    ACCOUNTABILITY.  85 

603.  At  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  all  amounts  remaining  to  the  credit 
of  a  disbursing  officer,  represented  by  checks  or  drafts  drawn  upon  the  Treas- 
urer, an  assistant  treasurer,  or  any  designated  depositary,  three  or  more 
years  prior  thereto,  will  be  covered  into  the  Treasury  and  there  stand  to  the 
credit  of  the  payees  in  an  appropriation  account  denominated  "  outstanding 
liabilities." 

604.  A  check  which  has  been  issued  for  a  longer  period  than  three  full 
fiscal  years  will  be  paid  only  by  the  settlement  of  an  account  in  the  Treas- 
ury Department.  For  this  purpose  the  check  will  be  transmitted,  through 
the  proper  channels,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

OFFICIAL   CHECK   BOOKS. 

605.  Official  check  books  are  issued  by  the  Treasurer  and  assistant 
treasurers  of  the  United  States  direct  to  disbursing  officers  who  have  public 
money  on  deposit  with  them.  Rules  for  issue,  transfer,  etc.,  of  these  check 
books  accompany  each  book. 

606.  Official  check  books  on  national  bank  depositories  are  furnished  by 
chiefs  of  bureaus,  by  whom  records  of  blank  checks  issued  will  be  kept  and  to 
whom  unused  checks  will  be  returned.  Rules  for  issue,  transfer,  etc.,  of 
these  check  books  accompany  each  book.  In  making  payments,  only  official 
checks  will  be  used. 

607.  Mutilated  official  checks  will  be  forwarded  to  the  depository  to 
which  they  pertain,  and  a  record  of  the  date  of  transmission  made  on  the 
stub. 

CERTIFICATES  OF   DEPOSIT. 

60S.  Public  moneys  are  transferred  to  the  general  Treasury  by  being 
deposited  to  the  "credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,"  either  at  the 
Treasurer's  office,  or  at  the  office  of  one  of  the  assistant  treasurers,  or  at 
one  of  the  designated  depositories.  All  "  miscellaneous  receipts  on  account 
of  proceeds  of  Government  property"  (paragi-aph  615)  must  be  deposited; 
also,  when  required  by  chiefs  of  bureaus  to  which  the  funds  pertain,  the 
public  moneys  in  the  possession  of  or  to  the  credit  of  disbursing  officers  or 
others.  For  each  deposit  made  a  "  certificate  of  deposit "  in  duplicate  will 
be  given,  showing  the  full  name,  rank,  regiment  or  corps  of  the  depositor, 
and  to  what  appropriation  or  fund  the  amount  belongs,  the  depositor  giving 
the  necessary  information  when  making  the  deposit. 

609.  The  "  originals  "  of  all  certificates  of  deposit  will,  immediately  upon 
their  issue,  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  by  the 
depositors  (not  the  depositaries),  who,  before  transmitting  them,  will  see 
that  their  amounts  correspond  to  the  sums  actually  deposited.  Each  cer- 
tificate forwarded  will  contain  or  be  accompanied  by  a  statement  showing 
distinctly  the  source  from  which  the  money  was  derived,  i.  e. : 

1.  If  a  balance  of  funds  for  disbursement,  the  appropriation  and  fiscal  year 
will  be  correctly  named. 

2.  If  in  refundment  of  an  overpayment,  when,  by  whom  and  upon  what 
voucher  the  overpayment  was  made. 

3.  If  from  stopjjages  on  pay  rolls  on  account  of  loss  of  or  damage  to  prop- 
erty by  employees,  or  on  account  of  sales  to  them,  for  which  property  the 
depositing  officer  is  himself  responsible,  the  character  of  the  property  and 
the  date  of  loss  or  sale  will  be  given  and  a  reference  made  to  the  officer's 
property  voucher  accounting  for  the  same. 


86  MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

4.  If  from  stoppage  on  account  of  loss,  damage  or  sale  of  property  for 
which  an  officer  other  than  the  depositing  officer  is  responsible,  the  name  of 
the  responsible  officer  will  be  given,  with  a  list  of  persons  from  whom  deduc- 
tions were  made,  stating  character  of  property  and  amount  deducted  in  each 
case. 

5.  Deposits  of  funds  received  from  sales  to  officers  and  enlisted  men,  or  on 
account  of  losses  or  forfeitures,  will  be  fully  explained. 

6 1 0.  A  disbursing  officer  of  one  staff  department  making  stoppages  on 
account  of  the  funds  or  property  of  another  staff  department  will,  in  the 
absence  of  special  instructions  to  the  contrary,  deposit  the  funds  so  received, 
and  not  leave  them  to  be  transferred  upon  the  settlement  of  his  accounts  at 
the  Treasury. 

611.  Nothing  in  the  two  preceding  paragraphs  will  be  construed  to  affect 
the  existing  system  of  depositing  collections  by  paymasters  of  the  Army. 

612.  The  number,  date  and  amount  of  the  certificate  of  deposit,  together 
with  the  specific  appropriation,  if  named,  will  be  noted  on  the  account  cur- 
rent upon  which  the  depositor  desires  to  be  credited  with  the  money  depos- 
ited. Certificates  of  deposit  will  not  be  filed  with  accounts  current.  Officers 
will  state  in  such  accounts  dates  of  deposits  and  name  and  location  of 
depository. 

613.  Certificates  of  deposit  must  be  recorded  in  the  proper  bureaus  of  the 
"War  Department.  The  "originals,"  upon  their  receipt  at  the  Treasury,  are 
immediately  forwarded  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  who  refers  them  to  the 
proper  bureaus  to  which  the  deposits  pertain  for  verification  and  designa- 
tion of  the  appropriation. 

PROCEEDS   OF  SALES. 

614.  Moneys  received  for  stores,  materials  or  supplies  (except  subsistence 
stores)  sold  to  officers,  enlisted  men,  or  exploring  or  surveying  expeditions 
authorized  by  law  will  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the 
United  States,  and  respectively  revert  to  the  appropriation  out  of  which 
originally  expended.  Proceeds  of  sales  of  useless  ordnance  material  are 
expended  under  conditions  prescribed  by  law.  Proceeds  of  sales  of  subsist- 
ence supplies  are  immediately  available  for  the  purchase  of  fresh  supplies. 

615.  The  proceeds  of  sales  of  all  public  property,  the  disposition  of  which 
is  not  provided  for  by  the  preceding  paragraph,  after  the  expenses  of  sale 
have  been  deducted,  will  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of 
the  United  States  as  ' '  Miscellaneous  receipts  on  account  of  proceeds  of  Gov- 
ernment property,"  for  which  certificates  of  deposit  will  issue,  showing  the 
name,  rank,  regiment  or  corps  of  the  depositor,  the  nature  of  the  deposit, 
the  kind  of  property  and  the  bureau  to  which  it  pertained. 

616.  The  transfer  of  public  property  from  one  bureau  or  Department  to 
another  is  not  regarded  as  a  sale.  If  money  is  received  therefor,  it  may  be 
used  to  replace  such  stores  and  will  be  reported  accordingly. 

APPROPRIATIONS. 

617.  The  fiscal  year  ends  on  June  30.  The  quarters  of  the  fiscal  year 
are  as  follows :  First  quarter,  July  1  to  September  30 ;  second,  October  1 
to  December  31 ;  third,  Januar}"  1  to  March  31 ;  fourth,  April  1  to  June  30. 


MONEY    ACCOUNTABILITY.  87 

618.  Chiefs  of  bureaus,  in  notifying  officers  of  remittancec,  will  inform 
them  of  the  amount  remitted  under  each  head  of  appropriation,  giving  the 
designation  by  fiscal  years  when  necessary. 

619.  Accounts  current,  abstracts  and  vouchers,  including  transfers  and 
refundments,  will  have  noted  in  red  ink  on  the  face  and  also  in  the  brief  on 
the  back  the  fiscal  year  to  which  the  funds  pertain. 

620.  No  account  current,  except  in  the  Pay  Department,  will  contain 
accounts  of  different  years ;  and  no  item  will  be  entered  thereon  unless  it 
pertains  to  the  fiscal  year  to  which  the  account  belongs. 

621.  Money  received  and  disbursed  under  the  appropriation  for  contin- 
gent expenses  of  the  Army  will  be  accounted  for  by  officers  authorized  to 
disburse  it,  on  special  accounts  current,  in  which  funds  belonging  to  other 
appropriations  will  not  be  entered. 

622.  When  an  article  purchased  is  not  named  in  the  appropriation  act, 
the  purpose  for  which  it  is  intended  determines  the  appropriation  from 
which  payment  is  made. 

623.  All  public  funds  on  hand  at  the  close  of  a  fiscal  year,  except  those 
required  to  pay  outstanding  liabilities  incurred  during  such  year  (a  schedule 
of  which  will  if  possible  accompany  the  last  account  current  for  the  year) 
and  ''no  limit "  appropriations,  will  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treas- 
urer of  the  United  States  and  the  disbursing  olBficer's  account  closed  by  a 
credit  for  such  deposit. 

624.  Balances  retained  after  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  for  the  purpose 
of  paying  outstanding  liabilities,  will  be  carried  to  a  "  supplemental  account 
current "  for  the  fiscal  year  to  which  the  funds  pertain. 

625.  When  disbursements  are  made  from  such  balances,  accounts  will 
be  rendered  as  "supplemental  accounts"  for  the  fiscal  year  to  which  the 
funds  pertain.  Admitted  errors,  to  be  refunded,  except  in  the  Pay  Depart- 
ment, will  be  taken  up  on  an  account  current  for  the  fiscal  year  in  which 
the  errors  occurred. 

ACCOUNTS  CURRENT. 

626.  Accounts  current  will  be  made  in  duplicate  ;  one  copy,  accompanied 
by  abstracts  and  vouchers,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  chief  of  the  bureau, 
and  the  other  retained  by  the  officer.  The  forms  of  accounts  current  and 
abstracts  furnished  by  the  chief  of  the  bureau  in  which  the  officer  is  serving 
will  be  used. 

627.  Disbursing  officers  who  render  accounts  which  eventually  pass  to 
the  Treasury  Department  for  settlement  are  required  to  prepare  their 
accounts,  with  abstracts  and  vouchers  complete,  and  deposit  them  in  the 
post-office,  addressed  to  the  chief  of  the  bureau  of  the  War  Department  to 
which  they  pertain,  on  or  before  the  10th  day  of  each  month.  Irregulari- 
ties in  the  mail  service  or  want  of  blank  forms  will  not  excuse  a  failure  to 
comply  with  this  paragraph.  When  vouchers  are  not  sent  with  the  account 
to  which  they  belong,  but  are  subsequently  rendered,  suitable  explanation 
will  be  made. 

628.  Original  vouchers  will,  if  possible,  accompany  the  accounts ;  copies 
will  not  be  accepted  unless  duly  certified  and  accompanied  by  satisfactory 
evidence  of  the  loss  or  destruction  of  the  originals,  or  that  their  retention  is 
indispensable  to  the  performance  of  duty  by  an  officer. 


88  MONEY    ACCOUNTABILITY. 

629.  With  the  accounts  will  be  forwarded  all  orders  of  commanding 
officers  and  all  other  papers  upon  which  the  officer  accountable  relies  to 
relieve  himself  from  responsibility. 

630.  When  an  officer  is  relieved  from  duty  in  a  staff  department  at  any 
station  he  will  certify  outstanding  debts  if  any,  to  his  successor,  and 
transmit  a  list  of  the  same  to  the  head  of  the  proper  bureau.  Unless  other- 
wise ordered,  he  will  turn  over  to  his  successor  the  public  money,  property, 
books  and  papers  pertaining  to  the  service  from  which  he  is  relieved. 

MONEY  VOUCHERS. 

631.  Vouchers  will  ordinarily  be  made  in  duplicate,  or,  if  required,  in 
ti*i plicate,  and  the  number  made  will  be  stated  on  each  copy. 

632.  The  correctness  of  the  facts  stated  on  a  voucher  and  the  justness 
of  the  account  must  be  certified  by  an  officer. 

633.  Every  voucher  in  support  of  a  payment  for  supplies,  or  for  services 
other  than  by  the  day  or  month,  whether  it  be  made  pursuant  to  a  form- 
ally prepared  contract,  an  accepted  bid,  or  a  purchase  without  advertising 
(unless  it  comes  within  the  excepted  cases  provided  for  in  the  foUoAving 
paragraph),  must  have  attached  to  it  an  original  bill  furnished  by  the  cred- 
itor, dated  and  signed  by  him  or  his  authorized  representative,  giving  his 
place  of  business  or  residence,  and  stating  (if  for  supplies  furnished)  the 
date  of  the  purchase,  the  quantity  and  price  of  each  article,  and  the  amount 
or  (if  for  services  other  than  by  the  day  or  month)  the  character  of  the  serv- 
ices, the  date  or  dates  on  which  rendered,  and  the  amount.  A  voucher  so 
accompanied  will  be  made  out  in  favor  of  the  creditor,  giving  his  address, 
and  may  state  the  account  in  general  terms,  with  the  aggi'egate  amount 
only  extended,  and  the  words  "  as  per  bill  hereto  attached,"  or  words  of  like 
import,  added.  Where  a  purchase  under  an  accepted  bid  after  public  notice 
is  made  in  the  Quartermaster's  or  Subsistence  Department,  the  voucher, 
besides  being  subject  to  the  foregoing  requirements,  will  be  accompanied 
by  a  copy  of  the  public  notice,  the  accepted  bid  and  a  copy  of  the  letter 
accepting  the  bid,  and  must  contain  a  certificate  that  the  award  was  made 
to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder  for  the  best  and  most  suitable  articles, 
and  that  the  needs  of  the  service  required  the  purchase  to  be  made  in  the 
manner  indicated  by  the  public  notice.  Where  papers  relating  to  two  or 
more  vouchers  are  required  to  accompany  accounts,  they  must  be  filed  with 
the  first  voucher  paid,  and  reference  thereto  made  on  the  other  vouchers. 
A  voucher  for  services  by  the  day  or  month  must  state  the  nature  of  the 
service,  the  inclusive  dates  of  service,  the  time  for  which  payment  is  made, 
the  rate  of  pay  and  the  amount. 

634.  When  a  creditor  is  unable  for  any  cause  to  make  out  his  bill,  or 
to  have  it  made  out,  the  disbursing  officer  must  set  forth  on  the  voucher 
all  the  details  of  the  account,  as  required  for  the  bill  by  the  preceding 
paragraph,  and  must  give  reasons  in  full  on  the  voucher  why  a  bill  is  not 
furnished.  Original  bills  need  not  be  attached  to  vouchers  in  the  follow- 
ing cases,  viz :  Where,  under  a  contract,  quantities  delivered  or  amounts  due 
are  determined  by  a  duly  authorized  inspector,  and  his  certificate  as  to  the 
facts  is  filed  with  the  voucher  to  which  it  pertains;  where  a  bill  of  lading 
or  transportation  request  accompanies  a  voucher  for  transportation  services 
performed  under  public  tariffs ;  where  a  voucher  is  for  telegraphic  services 


MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY.  89 

at  rates  fixed  by  the  Postmaster-General ;  where  a  voucher  is  for  services  by 
the  day  or  month,  or  where  a  creditor  makes  out  his  bill  on  a  blank  form  of 
voucher  and  certifies  to  its  correctness. 

635.  Money  amounts  will  be  expressed  in  terms  of  dollars  and  cents. 
When  a  fraction  of  a  cent  less  than  one-half  occurs  in  the  footing  of  a 
voucher  it  will  be  disregarded.  If  the  fraction  be  one-half  or  greater  it  will 
be  reckoned  as  a  cent. 

636.  A  voucher  for  a  purchase,  or  for  services  not  personal,  must  have 
expressed  on  its  face,  immediately  beloAV  the  statement  of  the  account, 
the  mode  of  purchase  or  engagement,  using  therefor  one  of  the  following 
notations : 

1.  Under  contract,  dated ,  18    . 

2.  Under  public  notice,  dated ,  18    . 

3.  Under  oral  agreement,  without  advertising. 

637.  The  giving  or  taking  of  receipts  in  blank  for  public  money  is 
prohibited. 

63S.  A  voucher  for  funds  disbursed  will,  before  being  signed  by  a  pub- 
lic creditor,  be  made  out  in  full,  with  the  place  of  payment  and  the  name, 
rank,  regiment  or  corps  of  the  paying  officer  entered  in  the  receipt,  and 
the  exact  amount  of  money  written  out  in  words  in  the  receipt.  When 
vouchers  are  sent  by  mail  for  signature  the  date  in  the  receipt  will  be  left 
blank,  and  the  check  in  payment  will  not  be  drawn  until  the  vouchers  are 
returned  properly  signed,  when  the  date  of  the  check  will  be  added  to  the 
receipt. 

639.  Invoices  of  and  receipts  for  funds  transferred  will  state  place  and 
date  of  transfer,  the  name,  rank,  regiment  or  corps  of  the  officer  from 
whom  the  money  is  received,  the  kind  of  funds  transferred,  and  the  amount 
transferred  under  each  head  of  appropriation.  If  the  transfer  is  for  the  cor- 
rection of  errors,  whether  arising  upon  the  settlement  of  accounts  or  other- 
wise, the  facts  will  be  noted  in  detail  on  both  invoice  and  receipt.  The 
receiving  officer  or  agent  will  indorse  upon  the  invoice  the  exact  date  of 
the  receipt  given  by  him  and  will  file  it  with  the  account  current  on  which 
he  a^^knowledges  receipt  of  the  funds.  Any  discrepancy  as  to  the  appro- 
priation, fiscal  year  or  amount,  which  may  exist  between  the  invoice  and 
receipt  when  the  latter  is  properly  made  out  will  be  noted  and  explained 
on  both  invoice  and  receipt  by  the  officer  or  agent  receiving  and  receipting 
for  the  funds. 

6i0.  Vouchers  for  payment  made,  and  invoices  and  receipts  for  money 
transferred,  will  have  noted  upon  them  the  number,  date,  and  amount  of 
checks  given,  and  the  depository  on  which  drawn.  If  payment  is  made  by 
currency  in  part  or  in  whole,  the  facts  will  be  stated. 

641.  A  receipt  to  a  voucher  which  has  been  made  out  in  favor  of  a  firm 
by  name  must  be  signed  in  the  firm  name  by  one  of  the  partners  known 
by  the  disbursing  officer  to  be  a  member  of  the  firm,  when  the  disbursing 
officer  has  no  notice  of  any  arrangement  among  the  partners  that  such 
member  has  no  authority  to  bind  the  firm.  The  receipt  should  be  signed 
in  the  firm  name  by  the  partner,  who  should  append  his  own  signature  as 
"one  of  the  firm."  A  receipt  signed  for  a  firm  or  individual  by  a  clerk  or 
other  person  will  not  be  accepted. 


90  MONEY    ACCOUNTABILITY. 

612.  A  receipt  to  a  voucher  which  has  been  made  out  in  favor  of  a  cor- 
poration by  name  must  be  signed  by  the  treasurer  or  other  officer  of  the 
corporation  in  his  official  capacity,  who  will  be  required  to  file  with  the 
voucher  evidence  of  his  authority  for  so  doing.  This  evidence  may  be  a 
properly  verified  extract  from  the  articles  of  incorporation  or  from  the 
by-laws  or  from  the  minutes  of  the  board  of  directors. 

643.  The  authority  to  receive  and  receipt  for  money  due  a  corporation 
must  be  filed  with  the  voucher  which  is  forwarded  with  the  account  current 
of  the  disbursing  officer  to  the  chief  of  bureau.  If  subsequent  payments 
are  made  under  the  same  authority  the  disbursing  officer  will  refer,  on  the 
voucher  therefor,  to  the  voucher  with  which  the  authority  is  filed. 

644.  Receipts  for  small  sums  for  occasional  service  paid  to  corporations, 
such  as  railroad,  telegraph,  turnpike,  transfer,  express,  steamboat,  hotel, 
newspaper,  and  ice  companies,  may  be  signed  by  the  local  agent  in  charge  of 
the  business  of  the  company  at  the  place  where  the  service  is  rendered,  or 
where  it  begins  or  terminates,  and  the  certificate  of  the  officer  making  pay- 
ment that  the  person  to  whom  payment  was  thus  made  was  then  the  local 
agent  of  the  company,  in  charge  of  its  business  at  the  place  designated,  will 
be  sufficient  evidence  of  the  agent's  authority  to  receive  and  receipt  for  the 
money  paid. 

645.  When  an  account  is  presented  by  an  individual  who  is  not  known  to 
the  disbursing  officer,  the  latter  will  require  him  to  be  identified. 

646.  The  signature  to  the  receipt  and  the  name  of  the  person  or  business 
firm  as  entered  at  the  head  of  an  account  must  be  literally  alike. 

64*7.  When  a  signature  is  not  written  by  the  hand  of  the  party  it  must 
be  witnessed,  and  by  a  commissioned  officer  when  practicable. 

64S.  In  final  statements,  receipts  for  money  and  papers  of  like  character, 
money  amounts  will,  in  all  cases,  be  written  out  in  full  and  also  expressed 
by  figures  in  parentheses.  This  requirement  does  not  apply  to  muster  and 
pay  rolls  and  pay  rolls  of  other  descriptions. 

649.  Fees  of  civil  officers  for  administering  oaths  in  matters  of  military 
administration  (where  the  services  of  judge-advocates  of  departments  or 
of  courts-martial,  or  trial  officers  of  summary  courts  were  not  obtainable) 
will  be  paid  from  the  appropriation  applicable  to  the  subject-matter  of  the 
oaths,  and  in  case  there  be  no  appropriation  applicable  thereto,  the  fees  will 
be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

650.  Disbursing  officers  will  not  issue  vouchers  for  unpaid  accounts 
as  due  bills  against  the  United  States,  but  a  certified  statement  of  personal 
services  and  of  wages  due  may  be  given  to  a  discharged  employee  who  for 
want  of  funds  was  not  paid  at  time  of  discharge. 

651.  When  applicable,  the  following  rules  for  the  computation  of  time 
in  payment  for  services  will  be  observed : 

1.  For  any  full  calendar  month's  service,  at  a  stipulated  monthly  rate  of 
compensation,  payment  will  be  made  at  such  stipulated  rate,  Avithout  regard 
to  the  number  of  days  in  that  month. 

2.  When  service  commences  on  an  intermediate  day  of  the  month,  thirty 
days  will  be  assumed  as  the  length  of  the  month,  whatever  be  the  number  of 
days  therein. 

3.  When  the  service  terminates  on  an  intermediate  day  of  the  month,  the 
actual  number  of  days  during  which  service  was  rendered  in  that  calendar 
month  will  be  allowed. 


MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY.  91 

4.  When  the  service  embraces  two  or  more  months  or  parts  of  months 
but  one  fraction  will  be  made,  thus :  From  September  21  to  November  25, 
inclusive,  will  be  calculated  :  September  21  to  October  20,  inclusive,  one 
month;  from  October  21  to  November  20,  inclusive,  one  month;  from 
November  21  to  25,  inclusive,  five  days— making  the  time  allowed  two 
months  and  five  days. 

5.  When  two  fractions  of  months  occur  and  both  are  less  than  a  whole 
month,  as  from  August  21  to  September  10,  the  time  will  be  determined  thus : 
August  21  to  30,  inclusive  (ignoring  the  31st),  ten  days  ;  from  September  1 
to  10,  inclusive,  ten  days— making  the  time  allowed  twenty  days. 

6.  Service  commencing  in  February  \\^11  be  calculated  as  though  the  month 
contained  thirty  days,  thus :  From  February  21  to  28  (or  29) ,  inclusive,  ten 
days.  When  the  service  commences  on  the  28th  day  of  that  month  three 
days  will  be  allowed,  and  if  on  the  29th  two  days. 

7.  If  service  commences  on  the  31st  day  of  any  month,  payment  will  not 
be  made  for  that  day. 

8.  For  commutation  of  subsistence  and  for  services  of  persons  employed 
at  a  per  diem  rate,  payment  will  be  made  for  the  actual  number  of  days. 

9.  When  services  are  rendered  from  one  given  date  to  another,  the  account 
will  state  clearly  whether  both  dates  are  included. 

10.  In  computing  the  wages  of  persons  employed  at  a  per  diem  allowance, 
the  day  on  which  service  begins  and  the  day  on  which  it  ends  will  be  allowed 
in  the  computation. 

652.  Disbursing  officers  will  not  settle  with  heirs,  executors,  or  adminis- 
trators except  by  authority  of  the  proper  bureau  of  the  War  Department, 
and  upon  accounts  that  have  been  duly  audited  and  certified  by  the  proper 
accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury. 

PECUNIARY  RESPONSIBILITY   OF   OFFICERS. 

C53.  An  officer  will  have  credit  for  an  expenditure  of  money  made  in 
obedience  to  the  order  of  his  commanding  officer.  Every  order  issued  by 
any  military  authority  which  may  cause  an  expenditure  of  money  in  a  staff 
department  will  be  given  in  writing.  One  copy  thereof  will  be  forwarded 
by  the  officer  receiving  it  to  the  head  of  his  department,  and  the  other  will 
be  filed  by  the  disbursing  officer  with  his  voucher  for  the  disbursement.  If 
the  expenditure  be  disallowed  it  will  be  charged  to  the  officer  who  ordered  it. 

654.  If  a  payment  made  on  the  certificate  of  an  officer  as  to  the  facts  is 
afterwards  disallowed  for  error  of  fact  in  the  certificate,  it  will  pass  to  the 
credit  of  the  disbursing  officer  and  be  charged  to  the  officer  who  gave  the 
certificate ;  but  the  disbursing  officer  can  not  protect  himself  in  an  errone- 
ous payment  made  without  due  care  by  charging  lack  of  care  against  the 
officer  who  gave  the  certificate. 

ADMINISTRATIVE  EXAMINATION   OF  MONEY  ACCOUNTS. 

655.  The  chief  of  a  bureau  to  which  accounts  pertain  will  cause  each 
account  current,  with  its  accompanying  i^apers,  to  be  examined  and  trans- 
mitted to  the  Treasury  Department,  with  his  decision  indorsed  thereon, 
within  twenty  days  from  the  date  on  which  such  account  was  received  at 
his  office.  He  will  bring  to  the  notice  of  the  Secretary  of  War  all  matters 
of  account  that  require  or  merit  it.  When  a  suspension  or  disallowance  is 
made,  the  bureau  will  notify  the  officer  that  he  may  have  an  opportunity  to 
submit  explanations  or  take  an  appeal  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 


92  PROPERTY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

656.  In  case  of  discovered  error  or  disallowance  in  an  account  upon  its 
examination  by  the  proper  authority  the  officer  responsible  will,  upon  noti- 
fication thereof,  unless  able  to  furnish  evidence  to  correct  or  remove  the 
same,  make  the  proper  correction  in  his  next  account  current,  and  refer 
therein  to  the  particular  voucher  in  which  the  error  occurred  or  the  disallow- 
ance was  made. 

ARTICLE    LVIII. 

Public  Property  Accountability  and  Responsibility, 
general  provisions. 

657.  Accountability  and  responsibility  devolve  upon  any  person  to 
whom  public  property  is  intrusted  and  who  is  required  to  make  returns 
therefor.  Responsibility  without  accountability  devolves  upon  one  to 
whom  such  property  is  intrusted,  but  who  is  not  required  to  make  returns 
therefor.  Thus,  with  respect  to  quartermaster's  supplies  intrusted  to  a 
company  or  detachment  commander,  responsibility  but  not  accountability 
attaches. 

65S.  The  officer  in  permanent  or  temporary  command  of  a  post  or  sta- 
tion is  responsible  for  the  security  of  all  public  property  of  the  command, 
whether  in  use  or  in  store,  and  although  for  purposes  of  periodical  accounta- 
bility to  the  War  Department  it  may  all  have  been  officially  receipted  for 
by  subordinate  officers,  the  commanding  officer  is  nevertheless  responsible 
and  pecuniarily  liable  with  them  for  the  strict  observance  of  the  regulations 
in  regard  to  its  preservation,  use,  and  issue.  He  will  take  care  that  all 
storehouses  are  properly  guarded,  that  only  reliable  agents  are  employed, 
and  only  trustworthy  enlisted  men  are  detailed  for  duty  in  them  or  in 
connection  with  property. 

659.  If  an  officer  in  charge  of  the  public  property  of  a  command  (not 
properly  pertaining  to  a  company  or  detachment)  is,  by  order,  leave  of 
absence,  or  any  other  cause,  separated  from  it,  the  commanding  officer  or  an 
officer  designated  by  him  will  receipt  and  account  for  it. 

660.  If  it  becomes  necessary  to  remove  all  officers  from  the  charge  of 
public  property,  the  commanding  officer  will  take  measures  to  secure  it  and 
report  the  circumstances  to  the  proper  authority. 

661.  A  company  or  detachment  commander  is  responsible  for  all  public 
property  pertaining  to  his  company  or  detachment  and  will  not  transfer  his 
accountability  therefor  to  a  successor  during  periods  of  absence  of  less  than 
a  month,  unless  so  ordered  by  competent  authority  ;  when  such  absence 
exceeds  a  month,  the  question  of  responsibility  is  settled  by  the  proper 
authority. 

663.  The  officer  in  temporary  or  permanent  command  of  a  company  or 
detachment  is  responsible  for  all  public  property  used  by  or  in  possession  of 
the  command,  whether  he  receipt  for  it  or  not. 

663.  The  property  responsibility  of  a  company  commander  can  not  be 
transferred  to  enlisted  men.  It  is  his  duty  to  attend  personally  to  its  secu- 
rity, and  to  superintend  issues  himself  or  cause  them  to  be  superintended  by 
a  commissioned  officer. 

664.  An  officer  will  not,  when  it  can  be  avoided,  be  detailed  for  duty  which 
will  separate  him  from  public  property  for  which  he  is  accountable. 


PROPERTY   ACCOUNTABILITY.  93 

665.  A  transfer  of  public  property  involves  a  change  of  possession  and 
accountability.  The  transferring  officer  will  furnish  the  receiving  officer 
with  invoices,  in  duplicate,  accurately  enumerating  the  property,  and  the 
latter  will  return  duplicate  receipts.  The  transaction  will  appear  on  the 
property  returns  rendered  by  each. 

666.  When  an  officer  to  whom  stores  have  been  forwarded  believes  them 
to  have  miscarried  he  will  promptly  inform  the  issuing  and  forwarding 
officers. 

667.  If  an  officer  to  whom  public  property  has  been  transferred  refuses 
to  receipt  for  it,  the  invoicing  officer  will  report  the  facts  to  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  former  for  action.  Copies  of  all  papers  relating  to 
the  transaction  will  be  filed  with  his  returns. 

66  S.  Upon  the  receipt  of  public  property  by  an  officer  he  will  make 
careful  examination  to  ascertain  its  quality  and  condition,  but  will  not  break 
original  packages  until  issues  are  to  be  made,  unless  he  has  reason  to  believe 
the  contents  defective.  Should  he  discover  defect  or  shortage,  he  will  apply 
for  a  board  of  survey  to  determine  it  and  fix  the  responsibility.  Should 
he  consider  the  property  unfit  for  use,  he  will  submit  inventories  in  tripli- 
cate and  request  the  action  of  an  inspector.  The  same  rule  will  be 
observed  in  regard  to  packages  when  first  opened  for  issue,  and  for  prop- 
erty damaged  or  missing  while  in  store. 

669.  When  packages  of  supplies  are  opened  for  the  first  time,  whether 
because  of  apparent  defect  or  for  issue,  the  officer  responsible  or  some  other 
commissioned  officer  will  be  present  and  verify  the  contents  by  actual  weight, 
count,  or  measurement,  as  circumstances  may  require,  and  in  case  of  defi- 
ciency or  damage  will  make  written  report  of  the  facts  to  the  post  com- 
mander. If  only  the  officer  responsible  be  present  and  make  the  report,  he 
will  secure  the  sworn  statements  in  writing  of  one  or  more  civilians  or 
enlisted  men  regarding  the  condition  of  the  property  when  examined. 
Should  a  board  of  survey  be  convened,  the  post  commander  will  refer  to  it 
the  report  made  by  the  examining  officer,  together  with  the  sworn  state- 
ments. At  arsenals  and  depots  where  there  are  persons  whose  special  duty 
it  is  to  receive  and  issue  public  stores,  the  reports  herein  required  may  be 
made  by  them  instead  of  officers  of  the  Army. 

670.  The  giving  or  taking  of  receipts  in  blank  for  public  property  is 
prohibited. 

6'S'l.  Supplies  procured  by  one  bureau  will  not  be  furnished  to  another, 
except  by  special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  When  furnished  and 
restored  in  kind,  they  will  be  delivered  at  the  post  from  which  received,  or 
at  such  other  post  as  department  commanders  or  chiefs  of  bureaus  concerned 
may  determine.  If  the  transaction  is  between  two  bureaus  of  the  War 
Department,  payment  will  be  made  at  the  contract  or  invoice  price  of  the 
stores ;  when  between  a  bureau  of  the  War  Department  and  any  other 
Executive  Department,  the  amount  to  be  paid  will  include  the  contract  or 
invoice  price  and  cost  of  transportation. 

6 "7  2.  In  no  case  will  means  of  transportation  or  other  property  of  any 
branch  of  the  military  service  be  taken  as  a  part  of  the  outfit  of  surveying 
or  exploring  expeditions  for  which  Congress  has  made  appropriations,  vsdth- 
out  the  express  authoritv  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  \jt    \  - 

VEESITY 


94  PROPERTY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

673.  When  it  is  impracticable  for  an  ofi&cer  to  personally  superintend  his 
issues — as  may  be  the  case  with  one  charged  with  disbursements,  or  the  care 
of  depots — he  should  choose  with  great  caution  the  agent  to  whom  he  intrusts 
the  duty. 

6 '74.  The  keys  of  store  rooms  or  chests  will  not  be  intrusted  to  enlisted 
men  or  civilians,  without  great  vigilance  on  the  part  of  the  accountable 
officer  and  a  resort  to  every  reasonable  precaution,  including  frequent  per- 
sonal inspections,  to  prevent  loss  or  damage. 

675.  An  officer  in  charge  of  public  property  in  use  or  in  store  will 
endeavor  by  timely  repairs  to  keep  it  in  serviceable  condition.  For  this 
purpose  the  necessary  means  will  be  allowed  on  requisition,  and  property 
in  store  so  repaired  will  be  issued. 

676.  All  movable  public  property  will  if  practicable  be  conspicuously 
branded  "  U.  S."  before  being  used. 

677.  Public  property  will  not  be  used  nor  will  labor  hired  for  the  Govern- 
ment be  employed  for  any  private  purpose  whatsoever,  except  as  authorized 
in  these  regulations. 

678.  For  property  worn  out  in  the  public  service  the  preliminary  action 
of  a  board  of  survey  is  not  necessary,  and  the  accountable  officer  will  sub- 
mit inventories  thereof  and  ask  for  an  inspector's  action.  When  the  action 
of  a  board  of  survey  and  an  inspector  are  necessary,  the  inventory  will  be 
accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board. 

679.  Military  stores  and  public  property  condemned  and  ordered  sold  will 
be  disposed  of  at  auction,  for  cash,  on  due  public  notice  and  in  such  market 
as  the  public  interests  may  require.  The  officer  making  the  sale  will  sus- 
pend it  when  in  his  opinion  better  prices  can  be  obtained,  except  in  the  case 
of  condemned  animals,  the  disposition  of  which  is  provided  for  in  paragraph 
1037.  The  auctioneer's  certified  detailed  account  of  the  sale,  and  the  vouch- 
ers for  the  expenses  attending  it,  will  be  reported  on  the  proper  forms  to  the 
chief  of  the  bureau  to  which  the  property  pertained  and  a  copy  of  the 
auctioneer's  detailed  account  of  the  sale  will  be  furnished  the  Inspector- 
General. 

6 SO.  Public  property  which  has  been  condemned,  or  the  issue  price  of 
which  has  been  reduced  by  a  board  of  survey,  will  not  be  purchased  by  an 
officer  who  was  responsible  therefor  at  the  time  of  condemnation  or  reduc- 
tion of  price,  nor  by  an  officer  who  bore  any  part  in  such  condemnation  or 
reduction. 

DAMAGED,    LOST,   DESTROYED,   ETC. 

681.  Causes  of  damage  to,  and  of  loss  and  destruction  of,  military  prop- 
erty are  classified  as  follows: 

1.  Unavoidable  causes,  being  those  over  which  the  responsible  officers 
have  no  control,  occurring  (a)  in  the  ordinary  course  of  service,  or  (h)  as 
incident  to  an  active  campaign. 

2.  Avoidable  causes,  being  those  due  to  carelessness,  willfulness,  or  neg- 
lect. 

682.  Officers  responsible  for  property  will  be  charged  for  any  damage 
to,  or  loss  or  destruction  of  the  same,  and  the  money  value  deducted  from 
their  monthly  pay,  unless  they  show,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  by  their  own  affidavits  or  certificates  or  by  one  or  more  depositions 
that  the  damage,  loss  or  destruction  was  occasioned  by  unavoidable  causes, 
and  without  fault  or  neglect  on  their  part. 


PROPERTY    ACCOUNTABILITY.  95 

653.  The  proper  officers  to  administer  oaths  in  the  administration  of 
the  affairs  of  the  Army  (except  when  otherwise  specially  provided)  are 
judge-advocates  of  departments,  judge-advocates  of  courts-martial,  and 
trial  officers  of  summary  courts.  When  none  of  these  are  within  reach 
and  available,  recourse  must  be  had  to  a  notary  public  or  other  civil  officer 
competent  to  administer  oaths  for  general  purposes. 

654.  If  an  article  of  public  property  be  lost  or  damaged  by  the  neglect 
or  fault  of  any  officer  or  soldier,  he  shall  pay  the  value  thereof,  or  the  cost 
of  repairs,  at  such  rates  as  a  board  of  survey  may  determine. 

655.  The  amount  charged  against  an  enlisted  man  on  the  muster  and 
pay  rolls  on  account  of  loss  or  damage  of  or  repairs  to  Government  prop- 
erty shall  not  exceed  the  value  of  the  article  or  cost  of  repairs;  and  such 
charge  will  only  be  made  on  conclusive  proof,  and  never  without  an  inquiry, 
if  the  soldier  demand  it.  He  will  be  informed  at  the  time  of  signing  the 
pay  rolls  that  his  signature  will  be  regarded  as  an  acknowledgment  of  the 
justice  of  the  charge. 

656.  When  a  deserter  carries  away  public  property,  or  when  such  prop- 
erty is  lost  through  his  desertion,  its  value  will  be  determined  by  a  board  of 
survey  and  charged  against  him  on  the  next  muster  and  pay  rolls. 

687.  If  articles  of  public  property  are  embezzled,  or  lost  or  damaged 
through  neglect,  by  a  civilian  employee,  the  value  or  damage  as  ascertained 
(and  by  a  board  of  survey  if  necessary)  shall  be  charged  to  him  and  set 
against  any  pay  or  money  due  him. 

6 §8.  Whenever  information  is  received  that  animals  or  other  property 
belonging  to  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  are  unlawfully  in  the 
possession  of  any  person  not  in  the  military  service,  the  quartermaster,  or 
other  proper  officer,  will  promptly  cause  proceedings  to  be  instituted  and 
diligently  prosecuted  before  the  civil  authorities  for  the  recovery  of  the 
property,  and,  if  the  same  has  been  stolen,  for  the  arrest,  trial,  conviction, 
and  due  punishment  of  the  offender  and  his  accomplices. 

689.  Upon  satisfactory  information  that  such  United  States  property, 
unlawfully  in  the  possession  of  any  parties,  is  likely  to  be  taken  away,  con- 
cealed, or  otherwise  disposed  of  before  the  necessary  proceedings  can  be  had 
in  the  civil  tribunals  for  its  recovery,  the  post  or  detachment  commander  will 
at  once  cause  the  same  to  be  seized,  and  will  hold  it  subject  to  any  legal  pro- 
ceedings that  may  be  instituted  by  other  parties.  Persons  caught  in  the 
act  of  stealing  public  property  will  be  summarily  arrested  by  the  troops  and 
turned  over  to  the  civil  authorities  for  trial. 

690.  Quartermasters,  after  they  have  failed  to  get  possession  of  a  lost  or 
stolen  animal  by  the  ordinary  means,  may  authorize  the  payment  of  a  reward 
of  not  more  than  $25  for  its  recovery.  If  the  animal  has  been  stolen,  they 
may  offer  an  additional  reward  of  like  amount  for  each  person  arrested, 
tried,  convicted,  and  sentenced  for  the  theft. 

691.  The  expenses  necessarily  incurred  by  any  action  under  the  three 
preceding  paragraphs,  with  the  exception  of  attorney's  fees,  vrill  be  paid  by 
the  Quartermaster's  Department,  upon  proper  vouchers  approved  by  the 
department  commander.  Officers  will  promptly  report  their  action  to  depart- 
ment headquarters. 


96  PROPERTY    ACCOUNTABILITY. 

PROPERTY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

692.  All  public  property,  whether  paid  for  or  not,  must  be  accounted  for 
on  the  proper  returns. 

693.  An  officer  accountable  for  the  public  property  of  two  or  more  com- 
panies will  account  for  that  pertaining  to  each,  except  quartermaster's 
supplies,  on  a  separate  return. 

694.  Accountability  for  public  property  will  not  be  transferred  to  enlisted 
men,  except  to  sergeants  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  at  ungarrisoned 
posts,  and  sergeants  of  the  Signal  Corps. 

695.  Vouchers  for  issues  or  expenditures  of  property  not  authorized  by 
regulations  will  be  accompanied  by  copies  of  the  orders  directing  the  issues 
or  expenditures. 

696.  An  officer  will  have  credit  for  an  expenditure  of  property  made  in 
obedience  to  the  order  of  his  commanding  officer.  If  the  expenditure  is 
disallowed,  it  will  be  charged  to  the  officer  who  ordered  it. 

697.  Public  property  expended,  lost,  or  destroyed  in  the  military  service 
must  be  accounted  for  by  affidavit,  or  the  certificate  of  a  commissioned  officer, 
or  other  satisfactory  evidence. 

698.  When  an  enlisted  man  has,  by  a  court-martial,  been  convicted  of 
losing  or  damaging  public  property,  the  officer  responsible  for  the  property 
will  send  with  his  property  return  a  certified  copy  of  so  much  of  the  court- 
martial  order  as  refers  to  the  case,  giving  number,  date,  and  place  of  issue  of 
the  order,  and  stating  on  the  face  of  said  copy  the  rolls  on  which  the  charges 
are  made. 

699.  Should  an  officer  or  agent  of  the  G-overnment  charged  with  public 
property  fail  to  render  the  prescribed  returns  thereof  within  a  reasonable 
time,  a  settlement  of  his  accounts  will  be  made  by  the  proper  bureau  of  the 
War  Department,  and  the  money  value  of  the  property  with  which  he  is 
charged  will  be  reported  against  him  for  stoppage. 

"^OO.  All  returns  of  stores  or  supplies  will  be  rendered  as  required  by 
regulations  or  orders.  Those  of  subsistence  stores  and  subsistence  property 
will  be  forwarded  within  ten  days  after  the  expiration  of  the  accounting 
periods,  and  those  of  other  classes  of  stores  and  property  within  twenty 
days,  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  to  which  they  pertain.  Abstracts  of  purchases 
will  be  forwarded  with  the  money  accounts. 

ADMINISTRATIVE  EXAMINATION   OF   PROPERTY  RETURNS. 

701.  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  receipt  of  a  return  by  the  proper  chief 
of  bureau,  it  will  be  examined  in  his  office,  and  the  officer  making  the  return 
will  be  notified  of  all  errors  and  irregularities  found  therein  and  granted 
three  months  to  correct  them.  Suspensions  or  disallowances  will  not  be 
made  on  account  of  slight  informalities  which  do  not  affect  the  validity  of  a 
voucher,  but  the  officer's  attention  may  be  called  to  them.  Whenc^ver  the 
errors  have  been  corrected  or  compensation  has  been  made  for  deficient 
articles,  and  the  action  of  the  bureau  chief  is  sustained  or  modified  by  the 
Secretary  of  War.  the  return  will  be  regarded  as  settled,  and  the  officer 
who  rendered  it  will  be  notified  accordingly. 

702.  If  the  necessary  corrections  in  the  return  be  not  made  A\dthin  the 
prescribed  time  the  facts  will  be  rei^orted  to  the  Secretary  of  War.  When 
it  has  been  determined  that  the  money  value  of  the  property  for  which  an 


LANDS,  ETC. BOARDS  OF  SURVEY.  97 

officer  has  failed  to  account  shall  be  refunded  to  the  United  States,  the  facts 
will  be  certified  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  by  the  chief  of 
bureau. 

ARTICLE  LIX. 
Lands,  Buildings  and  Improvements. 

703.  Land  shall  not  be  purchased  for  the  United  States  except  under  an 
act  of  Congi-ess  authorizing  the  purchase,  nor  shall  public  money  be  expended 
for  the  erection  of  armories,  arsenals,  forts,  fortifications,  or  permanent 
buildings  of  any  description  thereon,  until  the  written  opinion  of  the 
Attorney-General  shall  have  been  obtained  announcing  the  validity  of  the 
title  thereof  in  the  Government,  nor,  if  the  land  be  within  any  State,  until 
jurisdiction  over  it  shall  have  been  ceded  to  the  United  States  by  the  legis- 
lature of  the  State. 

704.  All  papers  relating  to  the  Washington  Aqueduct  and  public  build- 
ings and  grounds  in  the  District  of  Columbia  will  be  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  Chief  of  Engineers.  All  other  deeds  and  papers  pertaining  to  the  title 
or  sale  of,  and  any  lease,  grant,  license,  or  easement  of,  upon,  or  over  any 
military  reservation  or  other  lands  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment will  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Judge- Advocate-General.  When  any 
such  papers  come  into  the  possession  of  any  bureau  they  shall  within  five 
days  thereafter  be  transferred  to  the  office  of  the  Judge-Advocate-General. 

705.  Permanent  military  buildings  will  be  constructed  only  under  spe- 
cial authority  granted  by  an  act  of  Congress,  unless  the  work  or  labor  con- 
nected therewith  is  performed  by  troops,  and  in  such  case  the  authority  of 
Congress  must  first  be  obtained  if  the  estimated  cost  of  the  building  or 
structure  exceeds  $20,000. 

706.  Permanent  barracks,  quarters,  or  other  buildings,  or  piers  or  wharves, 
will  not  be  erected  or  constructed  except  by  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  and  in  accordance  with  plans  approved  by  him;  nor  will  any  material 
alterations  be  made  in  public  buildings  unless  like  authority  is  first  obtained; 
nor  will  any  expenditures  exceeding  $500  be  made  upon  any  building  or 
grounds  at  any  post,  fort,  arsenal,  or  depot  without  the  approval  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  and  upon  detailed  estimates  submitted  to  him. 

707.  A  copy  of  the  plat  of  the  lands  at  each  post,  fort,  arsenal,  and 
depot,  furnished  from  the  proper  bureau,  will  be  carefully  preserved  in  the 
office  of  the  commanding  officer. 

ARTICLE  LX. 

Boards  of  Survey. 

708.  Public  property  which  has  been  damaged,  except  by  fair  wear  and 
tear,  or  is  unsuitable  for  the  service,  before  being  submitted  to  an  inspector 
for  condemnation,  will  be  examined  by  a  board  of  survey.  By  order  of  the 
commanding  officer,  public  animals  may  be  killed  to  prevent  contagion  or 
terminate  suffering;  clothing  infected  with  contagious  disease,  and  stores 
that  have  become  so  deteriorated  as  to  endanger  health  or  injure  other  stores, 
may  be  destroyed;  but  in  every  case  of  this  nature  a  board  of  survey  shall 
act,  and  an  inventory  and  inspection  report  signed  by  the  accountable  and 

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98  BOARDS    OF    SURVEY. 

commanding  officers  will  be  prepared  and  forwarded.  In  urgent  cases  the 
taking  of  proof  and  the  preparation  of  written  proceedings  by  the  board 
may  follow  the  destruction  of  the  property. 

709.  A  board  of  survey  will  be  called  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
post  or  station.  It  will  be  composed  of  three  officers,  exclusive  of  the  com- 
manding officer  and  those  who  are  interested,  if  that  number  be  present  for 
duty  ;  otherwise,  of  as  many  as  are  so  jiresent,  exclusive  of  the  commanding 
and  interested  officers ;  or  if  none  but  the  commanding  officer  and  interested 
officers  be  present  for  duty,  then  of  the  commanding  officer.  When  only 
the  responsible  or  interested  officer  is  present,  he  will  not  constitute  himself 
a  board  of  survey,  but  will  furnish  the  department  commander  his  certifi- 
cate of  facts  and  circumstances,  supported  by  affidavits  of  enlisted  men  or 
others  who  are  cognizant  thereof.  Should  a  case  thus  presented  not  be  con- 
sidered satisfactory,  or  in  a  case  in  which  only  interested  officers  with  oppos- 
ing interests  are  present  for  duty  at  the  post,  the  department  commander 
may  make  the  necessary  investigation. 

710.  A  board  of  survey  must  fully  investigate  matters  submitted  to  it. 
It  will  call  for  all  evidence  attainable,  and  will  not  limit  its  inquiries  to 
proofs  or  statements  presented  by  parties  in  interest.  It  will  rigidly  scru- 
tinize the  evidence,  especially  in  cases  of  alleged  theft  or  embezzlement,  and 
will  not  recommend  the  relief  of  officers  or  soldiers  from  responsibility, 
unless  fully  satisfied  that  those  charged  with  the  care  of  property  have 
performed  their  whole  duty  in  regard  to  it.  In  no  case,  however,  will  the 
report  of  a  board  take  the  place  of  the  evidence  required  in  paragraph  682. 

711.  The  party  responsible  for  the  property  to  be  surveyed  will,  in  all 
cases,  furnish  the  original  certificates  or  affidavits  upon  which  he  relies  to 
relieve  him  from  responsibility,  and  the  number  of  duly  attested  copies 
thereof  required  by  a  board  of  survey  to  accompany  its  proceedings. 

712.  A  board  of  survey  has  no  power  to  administer  oaths,  either  to  its 
members  or  to  witnesses  before  it,  but  it  should  hear  in  person  or  by  letter 
all  persons  concerned  in  the  subject-matter  before  it. 

713.  A  board  of  survey  can  not  condemn  public  property.  Its  action  is 
purely  advisory.  It  is  called  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  and  reporting 
facts,  submitting  opinions,  and  making  recommendations  upon  questions 
of  responsibility  which  may  arise  through  accident,  mistake  or  neglect. 
For  example,  it  investigates  and  determines  questions  involving  the  char- 
acter, amount,  and  cause  of  damage  or  deficiency  which  public  property 
may  have  sustained  in  transit,  store,  or  use,  and  which  is  not  the  result  of 
ordinary  wear  and  tear  of  the  service,  and  reports  the  investigation  made, 
its  opinions  thereon,  and  fixes  responsibility  for  such  damage  or  deficiency 
upon  the  proper  party.  It  makes  inventories  of  property  ordered  to  be  aban- 
doned when  the  articles  have  not  been  enumerated  in  the  orders  for  aban- 
donment. It  recommends  the  prices  at  which  damaged  clothing  may  be 
issued,  and  the  proportion  in  which  supplies  shall  be  issued  in  consequence 
of  damage  or  deterioration  that  renders  them,  at  the  usual  rate,  unequal  to 
the  regulation  allowance,  fixing  in  each  instance  responsibility  for  actual 
condition.  It  verifies  the  discrepancy  between  invoices  and  the  actual  quan- 
tity or  description  of  propertj''  transferred  from  one  officer  to  another,  fixes 
definitely  amounts  received  for  which  the  receiving  officer  must  receipt,  and 
ascertains,  as  far  as  possible,  where  and  how  the  discrepancy  has  occurred. 
It  inventories  and  reports  the  condition  of  property  in  the  possession  of 
deceased  officers  as  provided  for  in  paragraph  84. 


BOARDS    OF    SURVEY.  99 

714.  The  proceedings  of  a  board  of  survey  will  be  prepared  in  triplicate 
and  signed  by  each  member  who  concurs  in  the  finding.  Should  a  member 
not  concur,  he  will  submit  a  minority  report,  to  be  embodied  in  the  record 
immediately  after  the  majority  report  and  signed  by  the  dissenting  mem- 
ber. The  proceedings  will  then  be  submitted  to  the  convening  authority  for 
approval  or  disapproval. 

715.  When  the  value  of  the  property  submitted  for  survey  or  the  loss  or 
damage  to  be  inquired  into  does  not  exceed  $500,  and  the  interested  officer 
does  not  request  the  department  commander's  action,  the  proceedings  of  the 
board  will  be  considered  complete  for  submission  as  a  property  voucher 
upon  the  approval  of  the  convening  authority.  One  copy  will  then  be  for- 
wai'ded  to  department  headquarters  and  the  others  delivered  to  the  officer 
accountable. 

716.  Should  the  proceedings  be  disapproved  by  the  convening  authority, 
or  should  the  value  of  the  property  submitted  for  survey  or  the  loss  or  dam- 
age to  be  inquired  into  exceed  $500,  or,  whatever  the  amount  involved, 
should  the  officer  pecuniaril}^  interested  request  it,  the  proceedings  in  tripli- 
cate will  be  forwarded  to  the  department  commander  for  review,  and  with 
his  action  are  complete.  One  copy  will  then  be  filed  at  department  head- 
quarters and  the  others  sent  to  the  accountable  officer.  But  all  proceedings 
of  boards  of  survey,  whatever  their  nature  or  the  amounts  involved,  are  sub- 
ject on  call  to  the  approval  or  disapproval  of  the  department  commander 
or  such  other  action  on  his  part  as  the  merits  of  the  case  or  the  interests  of 
the  Government  may  in  his  opinion  require. 

717.  The  proceedings  of  aboard  of  survey  which  recommends  the  relief  of 
officers  and  enlisted  men  from  responsibility  should  not  be  approved  unless 
full  and  careful  investigation  and  convincing  proof  to  sustain  the  board's 
findings  appear. 

718.  Properly  approved  proceedings  of  boards  of  survey  may  be  submitted 
as  vouchers  to  property  returns.  They  are  not  to  be  considered  as  conclu- 
sive until  accepted  by  the  Secretary  of  War.  Until  then  they  are  to  be 
regarded  simply  as  the  opinions  and  recommendations  of  disinterested  offi- 
cers, to  aid  in  the  settlement  of  questions  of  accountability  between  the 
Government  and  the  individuals  concerned.  If,  on  examination  in  the 
proper  bureau,  they  exhibit  serious  errors  or  defects  eitl^er  of  investigation 
or  of  finding,  they  will  not  be  accepted  as  sufficient  vouchers,  and  the  officer 
submitting  them  will  be  duly  notified,  that  he  may  have  opportunity  to  make 
explanations  or  appeal  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

719.  At  posts  or  stations  not  under  the  control  of  department  commanders 
commanding  officers  will  be  governed  by  these  regulations  in  convening 
boards  of  survey  and  acting  upon  their  proceedings,  but  in  cases  referred 
to  in  paragraph  716  will  forward  the  papers  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  to 
which  the  property  pertains. 

720.  Separate  proceedings  of  boards  of  survey  will  be  had  for  each  staff 
department  concerned. 

721.  Whenever  a  board  recommends  a  stoppage  against  an  enlisted  man 
and  the  recommendation  is  approved,  the  convening  authority  will  cause  a 
copy  of  the  proceedings  to  be  furnished  to  the  company  commander,  who 
will  charge  the  amount  on  the  next  muster  and  pay-rolls  of  the  company. 


100  CIVILIAN   EMPLOYEES. 

"722.  If  an  inspection  of  property  follows  the  action  of  a  board  of  survey 
thereon,  one  copy  of  the  proceedings  will  accompany  the  inventory  and 
inspection  report  which  is  transmitted  as  a  voucher  to  the  officer's  returns, 
and  another,  with  the  inventory  and  inspection  r export,  will  be  filed  by  the 
officer  with  his  retained  papers. 

723.  For  private  property  of  officers  or  enlisted  men  lost  or  destroyed  in 
the  military  service,  without  fault  or  negligence  on  the  part  of  the  claim- 
ant, "where  the  private  property  so  lost  or  destroyed  was  shipped  on  board 
an  unseaworthy  vessel  by  order  of  any  officer  authorized  to  give  such  order 
or  direct  such  shipment,"  or  "  where  it  appears  that  the  loss  or  destruction 
of  the  private  property  of  the  claimant  was  in  consequence  of  his  having 
given  his  attention  to  the  saving  of  the  property  belonging  to  the  United 
States  which  was  in  danger  at  the  same  time  and  under  similar  circum- 
stances,"  compensation  may  be  made  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Con- 
gress approved  March  3,  1885.  Proceedings  of  a  board  of  survey  will,  if 
possible,  accompany  each  application  under  this  act,  showing  fully  the 
circumstances  attending  the  loss. 

ARTICLE  LXI. 

Civilian    Employees, 
general  provisions. 

72'^,  In  the  staff  corps  and  departments  the  employment  of  civilians  will 
be  regulated  by  the  respective  chiefs  of  bureaus  under  the  direction  of  the 
Secretary  of  War.  Those  whose  services  are  engaged  with  the  intention  or 
probability  of  retaining  them  for  more  than  three  months  are  classified  as 
permanent  employees.  Their  appointment,  dismissal,  promotion,  or  reduc- 
tion will  be  made,  under  the  supervision  of  the  respective  chiefs  of  bureaus, 
by  the  officers  employing  them,  except  as  controlled  by  statute  or  the  civil- 
service  rules ;  but  in  selections  for  such  employment  preference  will  be  given, 
as  far  as  practicable,  to  applicants  who  have  served  meritoriously  as  enlisted 
men  in  the  Army,  and  the  appointments  and  promotions  of  all  permanent 
employees,  except  mechanics,  laborers,  teamsters,  and  others  of  similar  or 
kindred  occupations,  will  be  submitted  for  the  approval  or  confirmation  of 
the  Secretary  of  War. 

•yaS.  The  clerks  and  messengers  authorized  by  the  act  of  Congress  of 
August  6,  1894,  will  be  employed  and  apportioned  to  the  several  headquar- 
ters and  stations  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  will  not  be  ordered  thence 
without  his  authority.  All  messenger  service  at  the  several  department 
headquarters,  exCept  for  staff  officers  not  assigned  to  the  department  staff, 
and,  as  far  as  practicable,  all  clerical  services  thereat,  will  be  performed  by 
this  class  of  employees. 

726.  Department  commanders  will  confine  expenditures  for  civilian 
employees  within  the  allotments  for  the  purpose  made  under  the  direction 
of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

■727.  Civil  engineers,  clerks,  inspectors,  storekeepers,  packers,  watchmen, 
messengers,  teamsters,  mechanics  and  laborers  will,  as  a  rule,  be  engaged 
by  the  month,  day,  or  piece,  and  paid  at  the  end  of  each  calendar  month. 
They  will  be  designated  upon  the  rolls  in  the  capacity  in  which  employed 
and  at  the  rates  established.  When  discharged  and  not  paid,  certified  state- 
ments will  be  given  them. 


CIVILIAN    EMPLOYEES.  101 

728.  Eight  hours  constitute  a  day's  work  for  all  mechanics  and  laborers 
employed  by  or  on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  except  in  cases  of  emergency. 
This  rule  does  not  extend  to  engineers,  firemen,  seamen,  watchmen,  mes- 
sengers, teamsters,  and  others,  the  nature  of  whose  emploj^nent  is  peculiar 
and  whose  services  may  be  necessary  at  any  or  occasionally  at  all  hours  of 
the  day. 

TRAVELING   EXPENSES. 

729.  For  authorized  journeys  of  civilian  employees  of  any  branch  of  the 
military  service  transportation  requests  will  be  obtained  when  practicable, 
but  will  be  obtained  in  every  case  for  travel  over  bond-aided  railroads. 

730.  Reimbursement  of  actual  expenses  when  traveling  under  compe- 
tent orders  will  be  allowed,  under  the  following  heads,  to  civilians  in  the 
employ  of  any  branch  of  the  military  service,  excepting  the  expert  account- 
ant of  the  Inspector-General's  Department,  paymasters'  clerks,  and  those 
mentioned  in  the  next  succeeding  paragraph,  viz: 

1.  Cost  of  transportation  (excluding  parlor-car  fare)  over  the  shortest 
usually  traveled  route,  when  it  was  impracticable  to  furnish  transportation 
in  kind  on  transportation  requests. 

2.  Cost  of  transfers  to  and  from  railroad  stations,  not  exceeding  50  cents 
for  each  transfer. 

3.  Cost  of  one  double  berth  in  a  sleeping  car,  or  customary  state-room 
accommodation  on  boats  and  steamers  when  extra  charge  is  made  therefor. 

4.  Cost  of  meals  not  exceeding  $3  per  day  while  en  route  when  meals 
are  not  included  in  the  transportation  fare  paid ;  and  not  exceeding  $3  per 
day  for  meals  and  lodgings  during  necessary  delay  en  route. 

5.  Cost  of  meals  and  lodgings  not  exceeding  $3  per  day  while  on  duty  at 
places  designated  in  the  orders  for  the  performance  of  temporary  duty. 

Veterinary  surgeons  of  cavalry  regiments  traveling  under  proper  orders, 
in  accordance  with  paragraph  185,  are  not  entitled  to  reimbursement  under 
the  fifth  heading  above  given. 

■ysi.  Laborers,  teamsters,  and  employees  of  similar  character,  traveling 
under  competent  orders,  will  be  entitled  to  such  actual  and  necessary 
expenses  of  travel  and  subsistence  as  may  be  authorized  by  the  chief  of 
bureau  which  pays  the  accounts.  Those  in  receipt  of  a  ration  under  para- 
graph 1252  will  not  be  allowed  commutation  therefor.  If  it  be  impracti- 
cable for  them  to  carrj'^  rations  in  kind,  rations  will  not  be  drawn  for  the 
period  during  which  they  are  traveling. 

"732.  None  but  the  authorized  items  of  traveling  expenses  of  civilians  will 
be  allowed.  They  will  in  all  cases  be  set  forth  in  detail  in  each  voucher  for 
reimbursement  supported  by  oath  and,  when  practicable,  by  receipts. 

733.  Paymasters'  clerks  and  the  expert  accountant  of  the  Inspector- 
General's  Department  when  traveling  on  duty  will,  when  transportation 
in  kind  can  not  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  be  reim- 
bursed for  cost  of  transportation  paid  by  them  exclusive  of  parlor  or  sleep- 
ing car  fares  or  transfers,  and  will  receive  in  addition  thereto,  for  all 
travel  whether  or  not  on  transportation  requests,  four  cents  per  mile  for 
each  mile  necessarily  traveled  by  them  in  the  performance  of  duty — distance 
to  be  computed  over  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route. 

734.  Actual  traveling  expenses,  as  contemplated  in  the  preceding  para- 
graphs, are  paid  by  the  following  departments,  viz : 


102  STAFF    ADMINISTRATION. 

Pay  Department. — To  paymasters'  clerks,  the  expert  accountant  of  the 
Inspector-General's  Department,  civilians  summoned  as  witnesses  before, 
and  authorized  reporters  of,  military  courts. 

Ordnance  Department. — To  employees  at  arsenals  and  armories  (cost  of 
transportation  included)  from  appropriations  for  the  service  of  the  Ordnance 
Department. 

Engineer  Department. — To  employees  on  public  works  and  fortifications 
(cost  of  transportation  included)  from  appropriations  made  specifically  for 
the  work. 

Quartermasters  Department. — To  employees  of  the  Quartermaster's  and 
Subsistence  Departments,  and  other  employees  of  the  Army  not  above  pro- 
vided for. 

735.  When  officers  of  the  staff  departments  change  station  the  transfer 
of  clerks  or  other  employees  to  the  new  stations  at  the  expense  of  the  United 
States  is  prohibited,  except  in  cases  of  urgent  necessity,  for  which  the  sanc- 
tion of  the  Secretary  of  War  will  first  be  obtained.  The  Pay  Department 
is  excepted  from  this  regulation. 

ARTICLE   LXII. 

Staff  Administration. 

VSe.  The  supply,  payment,  and  recruitment  of  the  Army,  and  the  direc- 
tion of  the  expenditures  of  the  appropriations  for  its  support,  are  by  law 
intrusted  to  the  Secretary  of  War.  He  exercises  control  through  the  bureaus 
of  the  War  Department.  He  determines  where  and  how  particular  sup- 
plies shall  be  purchased,  delivered,  inspected,  stored  and  distributed. 

737.  When  a  chief  of  bureau  of  the  War  Department  desires  to  change 
the  station  of  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  of  his  department,  or  to  send  him 
on  duty  peculiar  thereto  (except  in  cases  of  officers  employed  under  the 
appropriation  for  the  improvement  of  rivers  and  harbors,  and  of  enlisted 
men  belonging  to  the  Signal  Corps  or  detailed  to  duty  therewith),  he  will 
make  application  for  authority  to  do  so  through  the  Adjutant-General  of 
the  Army,  setting  forth  the  reasons  for  change  or  purpose  of  such  journeys. 

738.  The  assignment  to  stations  of  staff  officers  and  of  enlisted  men  of 
the  staff  departments  will  be  made  by  the  Secretary  of  War  in  orders  from 
the  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  or  b}^  department  commanders  acting  under 
the  special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  In  the  case  of  medical  offi- 
cers, the  Surgeon-General,  in  recommending  changes  of  stations,  will  desig- 
nate the  posts  or  stations  to  which  he  desires  assignments  to  be  made.  The 
removal  of  an  officer  from  the  station  to  which  he  has  been  assigned  by  the 
Secretary  of  War  will  not  be  made  by  department  commanders,  except  in 
cases  of  urgent  necessity  when  time  will  not  admit  of  first  obtaining  author- 
ity therefor  from  the  Secretary  of  War ;  in  such  cases  prompt  report  will  be 
made  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

739.  When  business  upon  which  a  board  of  officers  is  to  be  assembled 
is  solely  within  the  sphere  of  duty  of  a  particular  staff  department,  and 
the  members  thereof  are  to  be  selected  from  the  same,  the  chief  of  such 
department  will  call  the  board  if  it  is  to  meet  at  a  post  or  station  under  his 
immediate  control  and  is  to  be  composed  only  of  officers  serving  thereat ; 
otherwise  the  order  appointing  it  will  be  issued  by  direction  of  the  Secretary 
of  War.  ' 


STAFF    ADMINISTRATION.  103 

'740.  Copies  of  all  important  communications  from  a  burean  of  the  War 
Department  to  a  disbursing  officer  on  the  staff  of  a  department  commander, 
which  concern  service  in  such  department,  will  be  sent  direct  to  the  depart- 
ment commander. 

74 1  •  Staff  officers  assigned  to  the  command  of  an  officer  are  under  his 
supervision  and  control  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  or  affecting  the  com- 
mand which  are  not  specially  excepted  therefrom  by  the  regulations  or 
orders  of  the  War  Department. 

'742.  Commanders  of  departments,  in  order  to  avoid  unnecessary  clerical 
labor  and  accumulation  of  papers,  will  call  upon  officers  under  their  orders 
for  only  such  abstracts  or  reports,  in  addition  to  those  required  by  regula- 
tions, as  may  be  needed  for  proper  administration. 

743.  Commanding  officers  will  cause  returns,  requisitions,  and  estimates 
pertaining  to  their  respective  commands  to  be  promptly  made  and  forwarded. 

"744.  Officers  doing  duty  as  staff  officers  at  military  posts  will  submit 
their  estimates  and  requisitions  for  supplies,  property,  and  money  to  their 
immediate  commanding  officers  for  revision  and  approval,  who  will  care- 
fully examine  estimates  and  requisitions,  and  satisfy  themselves  that  money 
or  articles  asked  for  are  in  amount,  quantity,  and  kind  actually  required  for 
the  public  service  during  the  period  covered. 

'745.  The  chief  of  each  branch  of  the  staff  of  any  command  will  carefully 
revise  the  estimates  and  requisitions  for  money  and  supplies  for  the  com- 
mand in  so  far  as  his  particular  branch  is  concerned.  He  will  ascertain  and 
recommend  the  cheapest  markets  and  most  economical  routes  of  transporta- 
tion. Such  officers  will  receive  from  their  commanders  timely  instructions 
as  to  all  contemplated  movements  of  troops  and  as  to  any  probable  increase 
or  diminution  of  the  garrison  at  any  particular  post,  that  a  proper  and  eco- 
nomical distribution  of  supplies  may  be  made. 

746.  Officers  of  the  staff  departments  assigned  to  the  charge  of  general 
depots,  or  to  the  duty  of  purchasing  supplies  for  troops  not  included  in  the 
military  department  in  which  they  are  located,  will  submit  to  the  depart- 
ment commander  such  estimates  only  as  relate  to  the  service  under  his 
command.  In  all  other  matters  they  will  communicate  directly  with  the 
chiefs  of  their  bureaus. 

747.  It  is  the  duty  of  commanding  officers  to  enforce  rigid  economy  in 
public  expenses,  and  to  correct  all  irregularity  and  extravagance  which 
they  may  discover ;  to  see  that  disbursements  are  economically  made,  and 
that  public  property  is  protected ;  to  carefully  scrutinize  all  contracts  and 
vouchers  for  disbursements,  and  to  guard  the  public  interests  in  every 
particular. 

ARTICLE   LXIII. 

Adjutant-General's  Department. 

748.  The  Adjutant-General's  Department  is  the  bureau  of  orders  and 
records  of  the  Army. 

Orders  and  instructions  emanating  from  the  War  Department  or  Army 
Headquarters  and  all  general  regulations  are  communicated  to  troops  and 
individuals  in  the  military  service  through  the  Adjutant-General.  His 
office  is  the  repository  for  the  records  of  the  War  Department  which  relate 


104        ADJUTANT  general's  DEPARTMENT. 

to  the  personnel  of  the  permanent  military  establishment  and  militia  in  the 
service  of  the  United  States,  to  the  military  history  of  every  commissioned 
officer  and  soldier  thereof,  and  to  the  movements  and  operation  of  troops. 

The  records  of  all  appointments,  promotions,  resignations,  deaths,  and 
other  casualties  in  the  Army,  the  preparation  and  distribution  of  commis- 
sions, and  the  compilation  and  issue  of  the  Army  Register  and  of  informa- 
tion concerning  examinations  for  appointment  and  promotion,  pertain  to 
the  Adjutant-General's  Office. 

The  Adjutant-General  is  charged,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  with  the  management  of  the  recruiting  service,  the  collection  and  clas- 
sification of  military  information  in  regard  to  our  own  and  foreign  countries, 
the  preparation  of  instructions  to  officers  detailed  to  visit  encampments  of 
militia,  and  the  digesting,  arranging,  and  preserving  of  their  reports ;  also 
the  preparation  of  the  annual  returns  of  the  militia  required  by  law  to  be 
submitted  to  Congress.  Requests  for  military  information,  which  require 
action  on  the  part  of  any  military  attache  of  the  United  States,  will  be  made 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

'749.  In  the  Adjutant-General's  Office  the  names  of  all  enlisted  soldiers 
are  enrolled,  enlistments  and  descriptive  lists  filed,  deaths,  discharges,  deser- 
tions, etc.,  recorded,  the  general  returns  of  the  Army  consolidated,  returns 
of  regiments  and  posts  and  all  muster  rolls,  and  the  inventories  of  effects 
of  deceased  officers  and  soldiers  preserved. 

750.  Rules  for  keeping  record  books,  and  forms  for  roUs,  returns,  etc., 
will  be  furnished  the  proper  officers  on  direct  application  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army. 

751.  Manuscript  returns,  rolls,  certificates,  and  other  documents  are 
prohibited,  when  the  proper  printed  forms  are  on  hand. 

ARTICLE  LXIV. 

Military  Correspondence. 

752.  An  official  letter  should  refer  to  one  subject  only.  Letters  of  trans- 
mittal will  be  used  only  when  necessary,  and  when  used  must  refer  only  to 
the  matter  transmitted ;  none  are  required  with  rolls,  returns,  or  periodical 
reports.     Telegrams  will  be  followed  by  official  copies  sent  by  first  mail. 

753.  A  half  sheet  of  letter  paper  will  be  used  for  a  communication 
requiring  but  a  single  page.  When  more  than  three  pages  are  required  for 
the  body  of  a  manuscript  communication  an  additional  half  sheet,  or  more  if 
necessary,  will  be  neatly  pasted  to  it,  so  that  the  last  or  outer  page  may  be 
left  entirely  blank. 

754.  Letter  paper  will  be  folded  in  three  and  foolscap  in  four  equal  folds 
parallel  with  the  writing.  The  inner  or  left  edge  of  the  sheet  is  the  top  when 
folded ;  the  left  fold  of  the  outer  page  is  the  first  fold.  The  first  fold  will  be 
used  exclusively  for  a  brief  analysis  of  the  contents  of  the  communication, 
the  office  marks,  and  note  of  inclosures. 

755.  The  post-office  address  of  an  officer's  station  will  be  given  in  his 
official  letters.  Indefinite  expressions  of  locality,  which  do  not  indicate 
where  the  letter  was  written,  will  not  be  used. 

756.  Official  communications  will  be  signed  or  authenticated  with  the 
pen  and  not  by  facsimiles.    Signatures  will  be  plainly  and  legibly  written, 


MILITARY    CORRESPONDENCE.  105 

with  the  rank  and  regiment  or  corps  of  the  writer  annexed ;  if  by  order, 
stating  by  whose  order.  By  virtue  of  commission  and  assignment  to  duty 
the  adjutant-general  or  adjutant  of  any  command  transacts  the  business  or 
correspondence  of  that  command  over  his  own  signature ;  but  when  orders 
or  instructions  of  any  kind  are  given,  the  authority  by  which  he  gives  the 
order  must  be  stated.  In  the  absence  of  a  department  commander,  his 
adjutant-general,  in  signing  communications  to  be  forwarded  to  higher 
authority,  will  add  to  his  signature  the  words,  "In  the  absence  of  the 
department  commander." 

757.  An  officer  will  not  be  designated  in  orders  nor  addressed  in  official 
communications  by  any  other  title  than  that  of  his  actual  rank. 

758.  A  letter  will  be  properly  briefed  at  the  first  office  at  which  it  is 
received  and  entered. 

759.  Indorsements  commence  at  the  top  of  the  second  fold,  and  are  num- 
bered serially  in  order  of  dates  on  the  successive  folds,  leaving  room  after 
each  for  office  marks.  Additional  space  for  indorsements  will  be  provided 
by  pasting  slips  of  paper  on  the  under  side  of  the  last  fold  (right  edge  of 
original  paper),  each  slip,  when  attached,  to  have  the  same  length  and 
width  as  the  original  fold,  and  to  turn  back  upon  the  last  fold  like  the  leaf 
of  a  book.  The  first  fold,  on  which  the  brief  is  made,  is  always  outside. 
Printed  labels,  by  way  of  indorsement,  will  not  be  pasted  on  official  papers. 
In  no  case  will  a  loose  wrapper  be  placed  around  an  official  paper,  except 
as  a  mere  covering. 

760.  All  inclosures  will  be  numbered,  and  will  be  given  the  proper  office 
marks.  Inclosures  to  the  original  communication  are  noted  on  the  first  fold, 
just  below  the  brief.  If  others  are  added  when  an  indorsement  is  made, 
their  number  will  be  noted  at  the  foot  of  the  indorsement  to  which  they  per- 
tain and  also  on  the  first  fold  of  the  original  communication.  To  the  latter 
notation  vsdll  be  added  the  number  of  the  indorsement  to  which  they  belong, 
thus,  "One  inclosure — fifth  indorsement."  Inclosures  to  indorsements  are 
numbered  in  the  same  series  as  those  to  the  original  paper,  and  the  number 
of  the  indorsement  to  which  they  belong  is  added  below.  If  few  in  number 
and  not  bulky,  inclosures  may  be  kept  inside  the  original  paper ;  otherwise 
they  will  be  folded  together  in  a  wrapper  marked  "inclosures."  Officers 
through  whose  hands  official  papers  pass  will  make  the  inclosures  and  slips 
secure  when  they  are  not  so.  (Models  illustrating  the  system  are  furnished 
from  the  Adjutant-General's  Office.) 

761.  Private  correspondence  from  persons  in  the  military  service  which 
they  may  desire  to  have  forwarded  through  the  dispatch  agents  of  the 
United  States  will  be  addressed,  under  cover,  to  the  War  Department. 

762.  All  communications  on  official  matters  intended  for  the  Secretary 
of  War,  except  as  j^rovidedin  paragraph  767,  or  the  Commanding  General  of 
the  Army  will  be  in  writing  and  addressed  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army.  Communications,  whether  from  a  subordinate  to  a  superior,  or  vice 
versa,  will,  as  a  rule,  pass  through  intermediate  commanders.  In  cases  of 
necessity  communication  may  be  direct,  the  necessity  therefor  being  stated. 
This  rule  will  also  govern  in  verbal  applications.  All  communications  from 
superiors  to  subordinates  will  be  answered  through  the  same  channel  as 
received.  This  paragraph,  however,  will  not  be  interpreted  as  including  mat- 
ters in  relation  to  which  intermediate  commanders  can  have  no  knowledge, 
and  over  which  they  are  not  expected  to  exercise  control. 


106  MILITARY    CORRESPONDENCE. 

"763.  Official  correspondence  between  the  heads  of  the  different  depart- 
ments of  the  staff  of  any  command  and  its  commander  will  pass  through 
the  adjutant-general  or  adjutant  of  the  command.  Communications  to  or 
from  a  commander  and  his  subordinates  will  pass  through  the  same  chan- 
nel. Communications,  however,  between  a  disbursing  officer  and  the  chief 
of  the  bureau  in  which  he  is  serving,  which  do  not  involve  questions  of 
administrative  responsibility  w^ithin  the  supervision  of  commanding  officers, 
nor  affect  the  official  interests  of  individuals,  but  which  relate  exclusively 
to  the  routine  of  business  in  his  department,  will  pass  direct. 

764.  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  767,  all  communications,  reports, 
and  estimates  from  officers  serving  at  a  military  post,  and  communications 
of  every  nature  addressed  to  them  relating  to  affairs  of  the  post,  will  pass 
through  the  post  commander. 

7  65.  Officers  who  forward  communications  will  indorse  thereon  their 
approval  or  disapproval,  with  remarks.  No  communication  should  be  for- 
warded to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  by  a  department  commander 
or  other  superior  officer  for  the  action  of  the  Commanding  G-eneral  of  the 
Army  or  the  Secretary  of  War  without  some  recommendation  or  expression 
of  opinion. 

766.  A  commander  or  chief  of  bureau  may  communicate  with  those 
under  his  command  or  direction  through  a  staff  or  other  suitable  officer. 
"With  all  others  he  will  himself  make  the  communication. 

767.  Chiefs  of  bureaiis  of  the  War  Department  are  authorized  to  corre- 
spond directly  with  the  Secretary  of  War  and  with  the  subordinate  officers 
of  their  respective  corps  upon  any  matter  relating  exclusively  to  the  duties 
of  the  bureau  required  by  statute  to  be  performed  under  the  direction  of  the 
Secretary  of  War,  and  necessary  sub-references  of  such  correspondence  and 
sub-reports  will,  in  like  manner,  be  direct  through  officers  of  the  respective 
corps.  Such  correspondence  with  subordinate  officers  will  not  embody 
instructions  to  be  carried  out  by  an  officer  reporting  to  or  serving  under 
an  officer  commanding  troops,  in  relation  to  any  matter  not  specifically 
excepted  from  his  command  and  control  by  law,  or  by  the  Secretary  of  War; 
and  replies  thereto  will  not  embody  remarks  or  recommendations  on  matters 
pertaining  to  the  administration  of  the  officer  commanding. 

76 5.  Unless  otherwise  expressly  authorized  by  statute,  an  application  for 
the  official  opinion  of  the  Judge- Advocate-General  or  of  an  officer  of  any 
Executive  Department  of  the  Government  other  than  the  War  Department 
will  be  addressed  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  and  by  him  sub- 
mitted to  the  Secretary  of  War.     Abstract  questions  will  not  be  presented. 

769.  Unimportant  and  trivial  communications  need  not  be  forwarded 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  simply  because  addressed  to  him. 
Department  commanders  should  decide  whether  a  communication  is  of  suffi- 
cient importance  to  be  forwarded  to  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army 
or  the  Secretary  of  War. 

ARTICLE  LXV. 

Orders. 

770.  The  orders  of  commanders  of  armies,  corps,  divisions,  brigades, 
regiments,  posts,  territorial  departments,  and  districts  are  denominated 
"general  (or  special)  orders"  of  such  army,  corps,  etc.,  according  to  char- 


ORDERS.  107 

acter.  General  and  special  orders  are  numbered  in  separate  series,  each 
beginning  with  the  calendar  year  or  at  the  time  of  the  establishment  of  the 
headquarters.  Orders  issued  by  commanders  of  battalions,  companies,  or 
small  detachments  are  simply  denominated  '•  orders,"  and  are  numbered  in 
a  single  series,  beginning  with  the  year.  Circulars  issued  from  any  head- 
quarters are  numbered  in  a  separate  series. 

771.  General  orders  announce  the  time  and  place  of  issues  and  payments, 

hours  for  roll  calls  and  duties,  police  regulations  and  prohibitions,  returns 
to  be  made  and  their  forms,  laws  and  regulations  for  the  Army,  promo- 
tions and  appointments,  eulogies  or  censures,  the  results  of  trial  by  general 
courts-martial  in  all  cases  of  officers  or  of  enlisted  men  involving  matters  of 
general  interest  and  importance,  and  generally,  whatever  it  may  be  impor- 
tant to  publish  to  the  whole  command.  Orders  eulogizing  the  conduct  of 
living  officers  will  not  be  issued  except  in  cases  of  gallantry  in  action  or 
performance  of  specially  hazardous  service. 

772.  Special  orders  are  such  as  concern  individuals  or  relate  to  matters 
that  need  not  be  made  known  to  the  whole  command. 

7  73.  General  orders  and  all  important  special  orders  must  be  read  and 
approved,  before  issue,  by  the  officer  whose  orders  they  are. 

774.  An  order  will  state  at  its  head  the  source  from  which  it  emanates, 
its  number,  date,  and  place  of  issue  ;  and  at  its  foot,  the  name  of  the  com- 
mander by  whose  authority  it  is  issued.  It  may  be  put  in  the  form  of  a 
letter  addressed  to  the  individual  concerned  through  the  proper  channel. 

775.  Orders  for  any  body  of  troops  will  be  addressed  to  its  commander. 
They  will  be  executed  by  the  commander  present,  and  wall  be  published  and 
copies  distributed  by  him  when  necessary. 

776.  Orders  to  an  officer  involving  travel  on  duty,  as  for  the  inspection 
or  payment  of  troops,  etc.,  will  designate  the  troops  and  posts  to  be  visited, 
and  the  order  in  which  he  will  visit  them. 

777.  Orders  and  instructions  will  be  transmitted  through  intermediate 
commanders,  in  order  of  rank,  except  when  they  are  of  such  character  that 
the  commanders  have  no  power  to  modify  or  suspend  them.  In  such  cases 
the  orders  or  instructions  will  be  sent  direct  to  the  officer  by  whom  they  are 
to  be  executed,  copies  being  furnished  to  the  intermediate  commanders. 

77§.  Printed  orders  are  generally  distributed  direct  to  posts  by  the  head- 
quarters from  which  issued.  Files  of  such  orders  will  be  kept  by  each  regi- 
ment and  company,  and  at  each  military  post,  and  vdll  be  turned  over  by  a 
commander,  when  relieved,  to  his  successor.  If  general  orders  in  regular 
succession  are  not  received  within  a  reasonable  time,  commanding  officers 
will  report  missing  numbers  to  the  proper  headquarters. 

779.  In  camp  or  garrison,  orders  that  affect  a  command  will,  as  a  rule,  be 
read  to  the  troops  at  the  first  regular  parade  after  they  are  received.  In  the 
field,  when  orderly  hours  can  not  be  observed,  they  will  be  sent  direct  to  the 
troops,  or  commanders  of  regiments  or  corps  will  be  informed  when  to  send 
to  headquarters  for  them,  or  during  a  halt  orders  will  be  read  to  troops,  with- 
out waiting  for  the  regular  parades. 

780.  In  the  field,  verbal  and  important  written  orders  are  carried  by 
officers.  Dispatches  for  distant  corps  should  be  intrusted  only  to  officers  to 
whom  their  contents  may  be  confided. 


108  ORDERS ROLLS RETURNS. 

■781.  Mounted  enlisted  men  will  be  employed  to  carry  important  dis- 
patches only  in  special  and  urgent  cases.  The  precise  hours  of  departure 
and  the  rates  at  which  they  are  to  be  conveyed  will  be  written  clearly  on 
the  covers  of  all  dispatches  transmitted  by  mounted  orderlies. 

7 §2.  Copies  of  all  orders  issued  by  commanders  of  armies  or  territorial 
departments  will  be  forwarded  at  their  dates,  or  as  soon  as  practicable,  to 
the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  and  to  the  head  of  each  staff  department 
in  Washington. 

"783.  The  date  of  any  appointment,  detail  or  removal  affecting  the  pay  of 
staff  officers  or  acting  staff  officers  will  be  immediately  reported  by  the 
officer  making  the  same  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  and  to  the 
paymaster  of  the  department  or  command  to  which  such  officers  belong. 

ARTICLE   LXVI. 

Muster  and  Pay  Rolls. 

"784.  At  every  muster  of  troops,  muster  and  pay  rolls  will  be  prepared, 
signed,  and  disposed  of  by  the  commander  of  each  regiment,  company,  or 
separate  detachment,  in  accordance  with  the  directions  on  the  blank  forms 
furnished  by  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  There  will  be  reported  on 
the  regimental  roll  the  regimental  field  officers,  staff  (commissioned  and  non- 
commissioned) ,  and  band  ;  on  the  company  roll,  the  officers  and  enlisted  men 
belonging  to  the  company ;  on  the  hospital  roll,  the  medical  officers,  the  hos- 
pital corps,  and  the  authorized  matrons  ;  on  the  post  noncommissioned  staff 
roll,  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Signal  Corps 
serving  at  the  post.  The  post  noncommissioned  staff  roll  will  be  prepared 
and  signed  by  the  adjutant,  who  will  also  keep  the  accounts  and  prepare  the 
final  statements  of  the  men  borne  thereon. 

785.  A  soldier  on  duty  or  in  hospital  at  a  post  or  station  where  his  com- 
pany is  not  mustered  will  be  mustered  on  a  detachment  roll,  a  separate  roll 
being  prepared  for  each  regiment. 

786.  Companies  will  be  designated  on  the  rolls  by  letters  and  regiments, 
and  by  the  names  of  their  captains  whether  present  or  absent. 

787.  Calculations  on  the  muster  and  pay  roll  are  made  by  the  paymaster, 
and  copied  on  the  retained  roll  by  the  company  or  detachment  commander, 
who  will  certify  that  he  witnessed  the  payment,  and  will  enter  thereon  the 
name  of  the  paymaster. 

788.  Corrections  on  muster  rolls,  after  muster  and  before  they  have  been 
forwarded, will  not  be  made  except  with  the  approval  of  the  mustering  officer. 
Retained  rolls  will  not  be  changed  without  authority  from  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army. 

ARTICLE   LXVII. 
Returns   of   Troops. 

789.  Commanders  of  departments,  corps,  and  posts  will  make  to  the 
Adjutant-General's  Office,  in  Washington,  monthly  returns  of  their  respective 
commands  on  forms  furnished  by  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  and 
in  accordance  with  the  directions  printed  thereon.  In  like  manner  company 
commanders  will  make  monthly  returns  of  their  companies  to  regimental 
headquarters. 


RETURNS    OF    TROOPS.  109 

790.  Every  commander  of  a  separate  body  of  troops,  whether  an  army 
corps,  division,  brigade,  regiment,  or  detachment,  and  whether  engaged  in 
campaign,  field  service,  or  occupying  a  temporary  camp,  or  simply  in  transit 
from  one  place  to  another,  will  make  the  monthly  return  required  in  the 
preceding  paragraph.  Any  detachment  so  far  separated  from  the  main 
body  to  which  it  belongs  as  to  render  it  impracticable  for  the  commander 
of  the  main  body  to  make  the  muster  and  inspection  enjoined  by  the  regu- 
lations is  a  separate  command  within  the  meaning  of  this  paragraph. 

•791.  At  the  close  of  January,  March,  May,  July,  September  and  Novem- 
ber of  each  year  each  company  commander  will  forward  with  his  morning 
report  to  the  commanding  officer  a  report  of  enlisted  strength  in  the  i^re- 
scribed  form.  These  the  commanding  officer  will  at  once  transmit  to  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  Regimental  commanders  ^vill  forward 
similar  reports  of  noncommissioned  staff  and  band,  including  unassigned 
recruits  if  any. 

792.  Regimental  returns  will  be  made  in  the  name  of  the  colonel  and 
those  of  the  company  in  that  of  the  captain,  whether  those  officers  be  pres- 
ent or  absent. 

793.  When  a  field  officer  is  serving  with  detached  companies  of  his  regi- 
ment the  commanders  thereof  will  forward  their  returns  through  him,  and  he 
will  transmit  them  with  his  personal  report  to  regimental  headquarters. 

794.  In  campaign,  one  copy  of  every  return  of  troops  will  be  forwarded 
through  intermediate  commanders  and  one  direct  to  the  Adjutant-General 
of  the  Army,  unless  otherwise  ordered. 

795.  Whenever  the  strength  of  a  separate  command  is  temporarily  or 
permanently  increased  or  diminished  by  the  moving  of  any  organization, 
the  commanding  officer  will  immediately  inform  the  Adjutant-General  of 
the  Army  direct,  designating  the  organization  moved,  number  and  names  of 
officers,  and  strength  in  men,  animals,  and  arms. 

796.  In  campaign  two  columns  will  be  added  to  the  monthly  return  in 
the  space  reserved  for  remarks,  in  which  shall  be  entered  the  effective 
strength  of  the  organization.  In  determining  such  strength  only  those  who 
are  available  for  service  in  the  line  of  battle  will  be  included.  Officers  or 
enlisted  men  who  are  sick  or  disabled,  on  duty  in  any  of  the  staff  or  supply 
departments,  or  detached  for  any  cause  will  be  excluded. 

797.  After  any  action  or  affair  resulting  in  casualties,  a  return  in  tripli- 
cate of  killed,  wounded,  and  missing  will  be  made,  containing  the  name, 
rank,  and  regiment  of  each  person,  with  such  remarks  and  explanations  as 
may  be  necessary  to  a  full  understanding  of  any  claims  of  the  wounded  sol- 
diers or  of  representatives  of  the  deceased.  The  nature  of  the  wound,  the 
time  when  and  place  where  received ;  the  company,  regiment,  or  corps  to 
which  the  person  belongs,  and  the  name  of  his  captain,  colonel,  or  other 
commanding  officer  will  be  carefully  entered.  One  copy  of  this  return  will 
be  retained,  one  forwarded  direct,  and  the  third  through  military  channels, 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

798.  A  return  of  all  captured  property  will  be  rendered  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  through  intermediate  channels,  by  the  immediate  com- 
mander of  the  troops  making  the  capture. 


110  RECORDS PERSONAL    REPORTS. 

ARTICLE  LXVIII. 

Records. 

799.  All  military  records  will  be  carefully  preserved. 

SOO.  Whenever  a  post  or  other  command  is  discontinued  all  records  not 
required  for  use  at  headquarters  of  the  departments  in  which  the  command 
was  included  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  as 
will  also  the  records  of  departments  upon  discontinuance. 

801.  The  use  of  colored  inks,  except  as  carmine  or  red  ink  is  used  in 
annotation  and  ruling,  is  prohibited  in  the  records  and  correspondence  of 
the  Army. 

S02.  Sections  5403  and  5408,  Revised  Statutes,  prescribe  penalties  for  the 
fraudulent  or  wrongful  destruction,  withdrawal  or  removal  from  any  pub- 
lic office  of  any  public  record,  paper  or  document  therein  deposited. 

§03.  No  information  will  be  furnished  by  any  person  in  the  military 
service  which  can  be  made  the  basis  of  a  claim  against  the  Government, 
except  it  be  given  as  the  regulations  prescribe  to  the  proper  officers  of  the 
War,  Treasury,  or  Interior  Departments,  or  the  Department  of  Justice. 
Information  concerning  sick  and  wounded  officers  and  enlisted  men  may  be 
freely  conveyed  to  allay  the  anxiety  of  friends.  The  fact  of  death  may  be 
communicated  to  relatives,  but  not  circumstances  connected  therewith  which 
could  be  made  use  of  in  prosecuting  claims  against  the  Government.  If 
any  person  in  the  military  service  has  knowledge  of  facts  pertaining  to  the 
service  of  an  individual  who  is  an  applicant  for  a  pension,  he  may,  upon 
request,  if  not  pecuniarily  interested,  furnish  a  certificate  or  affidavit  setting 
forth  his  knowledge ;  but  record  evidence  will  be  furnished  by  the  War 
Department  only. 

ARTICLE   LXIX. 

Personal  and  Efficiency  Reports. 

504.  When  any  officer  arrives  at  Washington,  D.  C,  he  will  report  at 
the  Adjutant-General's  Office,  and  will  there  record  his  name,  residence  in 
the  city,  and  the  authority  by  which  he  is  absent  from  his  station. 

505.  An  officer  detached  from  his  regiment  or  corps  for  duty  at  another 
station,  or  a  field  officer  serving  with  troops  but  not  at  the  headquarters  of 
his  regiment,  will  immediately  report  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army 
and  to  his  regimental  and  post  commanders  the  time  of  departure  from  for- 
mer station,  of  arrival  at  new  station  with  a  reference  to  the  authority  for 
the  change,  and  his  post-office  address.  As  soon  as  practicable  he  will  in 
like  manner  report  the  nature  of  his  duties,  and  from  time  to  time  any 
material  change  therein,  and  any  change  of  address,  to  the  same  officers. 
An  officer  of  a  staff  corps  or  department,  or  an  officer  serving  therein  who 
is  not  carried  on  department  or  post  returns,  will  make  similar  reports  to 
the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  and  the  head  of  the  corps  or  department, 
and  such  other  reports  as  the  chief  of  the  bureau  may  require.  An  officer 
on  the  retired  list  will,  unless  specially  exempted,  report  each  change  of 
address  to  the  Adjutant- General  of  the  Army. 

§06,  An  individual  service  report  will  be  made  on  June  30  of  each  year 
by  each  officer  of  the  Army,  except  general  officers  and  the  chief  of  each 
staff  corps  or  department.     All  reports  made  by  regimental  officers  will  be 


EFFICIENCY    REPORTS.  Ill 

forwarded  direct  to  the  regimental  commander,  who  will  transmit  them, 
with  his  own  individual  report,  direct  to  the  Adjutant- General  of  the  Army. 
The  reports  of  post  chaplains  will  be  sent  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army  through  post  commanders.  Reports  made  by  staff  officers  will  be 
forwarded  direct  to  the  chiefs  of  their  respective  corps  or  departments. 
Should  any  officer  be  unable,  from  any  cause,  to  prepare  his  report  on  the 
required  date,  it  will  be  forwarded  at  the  earliest  date  practicable  thereafter. 

807.  Efficiency  reports  will  be  made  at  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  : 

1.  By  the  commander  of  each  department,  respecting  each  officer  of  his 
personal  and  departmental  staff,  and  each  officer  who  has  commanded  a 
post  or  important  camp,  or  has  been  in  charge  of  a  supply  depot  under  his 
command,  and  by  each  officer  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  in  charge  of  an 
engineering  division,  respecting  each  officer  under  his  orders. 

2.  By  the  chief  of  each  bureau,  respecting  each  officer  of  the  Army  who 
is  not  otherwise  reported  upon  under  these  regulations,  but  who  reports 
directly  to  the  bureau  chief. 

3.  By  the  commanding  officer  of  each  post,  important  camp,  arsenal,  or 
armory;  by  each  officer  in  charge  of  a  depot,  engineer  in  local  charge  of 
works,  the  commandant  of  each  service  school,  and  the  Superintendent 
of  the  Military  Academy,  respecting  each  officer  of  the  Army  serving  at 
any  such  post,  camp,  station,  school,  etc.,  during  the  year. 

808.  All  efficiency  reports  respecting  regimental  officers  and  post  chap- 
lains will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  and  those 
respecting  officers  of  the  staff  corps  and  departments  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus 
through  intermediate  commanders,  who  will  indorse  thereon  such  remarks 
as  may  be  proper  in  each  case. 

809.  Each  officer  who  makes  the  annual  inspection  of  the  military  depart- 
ment of  any  civil  institution  of  learning  will,  immediately  after  the  inspec- 
tion, forward  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  an  efficiency  report- 
respecting  each  Army  officer  on  duty  at  the  institution. 

810.  The  Inspector-General  will  forward  to  the  Secretary  of  War  extracts 
of  all  inspection  reports  containing  specially  favorable  or  unfavorable  men- 
tion of  any  officer.  Extracts  respecting  regimental  officers  will  be  sent 
through  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  and  those  respecting  officers  of 
the  staff  corps  or  departments  through  the  respective  chiefs  of  bureaus. 
Copies  of  unfavorable  reports  will  be  sent  by  chiefs  of  bureaus  to  officers 
reported  upon,  for  their  remarks,  and  these,  when  received,  will  be  filed 
with  original  extracts. 

811.  In  preparing  efficiency  reports,  reporting  officers  will  exercise  the 
greatest  care  to  set  forth  all  facts  concerning  each  officer  and  his  record 
which  may  aid  the  Department  in  forming  a  true  estimate  of  standing,  abil- 
ity, and  special  fitness  for  any  military  duties. 

812.  Chiefs  of  staff  corps  and  departments  will  note  the  correctness  of 
the  reports  received  and  will  add  any  data  known  to  them  which  will  con- 
tribute to  the  completeness  of  the  record  in  each  case.  All  service  and 
efficiency  reports  will  be  transmitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War  as  soon  as 
practicable  after  their  receipt,  verification  and  completion. 


112  PENALTY    ENVELOPES RECRUITING. 

ARTICLE   LXX. 

Penalty  Envelopes. 

813.  Official  communications,  and  other  mailable  matter  relating  exclu- 
sively to  the  public  business,  will  be  transmitted  through  the  mails  free  of 
postage,  if  inclosed  in  the  "  Penalty  envelope." 

S14.  Envelopes  for  official  mail  matter,  for  the  bureaus  of  the  War 
Department  and  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  will  have  "War  Department," 
the  designation  of  headquarters,  bureau  or  office,  "Official  Business," 
printed  in  three  or  four  lines,  as  may  be  required,  in  the  upper  left  corner, 
and  in  the  upper  right  corner  the  following:  "Penalty  for  private  use. 
$300."  Envelopes  for  the  use  of  the  headquarters  of  a  territorial  depart- 
ment, for  a  post,  station,  armory,  arsenal,  depot,  or  school  of  instruction, 
will  be  of  the  same  form,  with  the  proper  substitution  for  the  designation  of 
the  bureau  or  office,  and  with  the  address  when  necessary.  Envelopes  re- 
quired for  the  transmission  of  printed  matter  may  also  have  printed  thereon 
"Printed  matter."  Other  printing  or  ruling  on  such  envelopes  at  public 
expense  is  prohibited,  unless  printed  at  the  Government  Printing  Office. 
For  the  official  business  of  officers  not  embraced  in  the  foregoing  classes, 
and  officers  on  the  retired  list,  the  heading  "War  Department,"  "  Official 
Business,"  will  be  placed  across  the  left  end  of  the  envelope,  with  the  officer's 
official  signature  written  immediately  below  it,  and  with  the  penalty  clause 
in  the  upper  right  corner. 

§15.  Packages  of  public  property  weighing  not  more  than  four  pounds 
may  be  sent  through  the  mails  under  cover  of  the  i)enalty  envelope.  Pen- 
alty envelopes  with  return  address  may  be  furnished  to  any  person  from 
whom  official  information  is  desired,  or  for  the  return  of  official  vouchers, 
but  will  not  be  furnished  to  merchants  or  other  dealers  to  cover  the  trans- 
mission of  public  property. 

816.  The  use  of  freight  or  express  lines  for  transmitting  official  letters  or 
packages  that  can  be  sent  by  mail  is  forbidden. 

817.  The  penalty  envelope  will  not  be  used  for  foreign  correspondence. 

ARTICLE   LXXI. 

The  Recruiting  Service, 
classification  and  details. 

818.  The  recruiting  service  is  general  and  special — general  when  it  con- 
cerns the  whole  Army,  and  special  when  it  concerns  particular  military 
organizations. 

819.  Details  of  officers  for  the  general  recruiting  service  except  at  posts 
will  ordinarily  be  for  two  years,  and  will  be  announced  in  orders  from  the 
Adjutant-General's  Office. 

820.  Officers  of  the  general  recruiting  service  not  at  posts  will  not  be 
ordered  on  any  other  duty,  except  by  authority  from  the  Adjutant-General's 
Office. 

RENDEZVOUS   AND  STATIONS. 

821.  Recruiting  stations  are  the  places  where  recruits  are  enlisted. 
Recruit  rendezvous  are  the  designated  posts  at  which  general  service  recruits 
are  collected  for  distribution  to  regiments. 


RECRUITING    SERVICE.  113 

822,  Recruits  at  each  rendezvous  will  constitute  a  recruit  detachment 
to  be  instructed  by  officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  garrison 
detailed  by  the  commanding  officer  or  by  others  detailed  for  this  purpose. 
The  immediate  command  of  the  detachment  will  be  vested  in  the  senior  offi- 
cer on  duty  with  it.  In  all  matters  of  police  and  discipline  these  recruits 
are  under  the  command  of  the  post  and  department  commanders,  but  in  all 
other  matters,  including  discharges  for  disability,  they  are  directly  under 
the  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  Each  officer  in  command  of  a  recruit 
detachment  will  forward,  through  the  post  commander,  direct  to  the  Adju« 
tant-General  of  the  Army,  tri-monthly  reports  of  the  strength  of  the  detach- 
ment. This  strength  will,  if  possible,  be  so  limited  as  not  to  exceed  that  of 
a  company  of  infantry, 

ENLISTMENTS. 

§33.  Any  male  citizen  of  the  United  States  or  person  who  has  legally 
declared  his  intention  to  become  a  citizen,  if  above  the  age  of  twenty-one 
and  under  the  age  of  thirty  years,  able-bodied,  free  from  disease,  of  good 
character,  and  temperate  habits,  may  be  enlisted  under  the  restrictions 
contained  in  this  article.  In  regard  to  age  or  citizenship  this  regulation 
shall  not  apply  to  soldiers  who  have  served  honestly  and  faithfully  a  previous 
enlistment  in  the  Army. 

824.  Applicants  for  original  enlistment,  and  men  who  apply  to  re-enter 
the  Army  after  an  interval  of  more  than  three  months  from  date  of  discharge, 
will  be  required  to  furnish  evidence  of  good  character.  To  determine  an 
applicant's  fitness  and  aptitude  for  the  service,  and  to  give  him  an  opportu- 
nity to  secure  testimonials  of  character,  he  may,  after  having  signed  the 
declaration  of  intention  to  enlist  and  passed  the  required  examination,  be 
retained  and  provided  for,  not  to  exceed  six  days.  Men  so  retained  will  be 
known  as  "recruits  on  probation."  The  enlistment  paper  of  any  such 
recruit  who  may  be  unfit  or  undesirable  for  the  service,  or  who  may  not 
desire  to  remain  in  the  service,  will  not  be  completed.  The  enlistment 
papers  of  recruits  who  are  accepted  and  duly  sworn  will  bear  the  date  on 
which  the  enlistment  is  completed  by  administering  the  oath. 

825.  The  enlistment  of  persons  of  any  of  the  following  classes  is  pro- 
hibited :  Former  soldiers  whose  service  during  last  term  of  enlistment  was 
not  honest  and  faithful,  insane  or  intoxicated  persons,  persons  under  the  age 
of  sixteen  years,  deserters  from  the  military  or  naval  service  of  the  United 
States,  persons  who  have  been  convicted  of  felony  or  who  have  been  im- 
prisoned under  sentence  of  a  court  in  a  reformatory,  jail  or  penitentiary, 
and,  for  first  enlistment  in  time  of  peace,  any  person  (except  an  Indian) 
who  is  not  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  or  who  has  not  made  legal  declara- 
tion of  his  intention  to  become  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  or  who  can 
not  speak,  read  and  write  the  English  language,  or  who  is  over  thirty  years 
of  age. 

826.  Recruiting  officers  will  be  very  particular  to  ascertain  the  true  age 
of  the  recruit.  If  any  doubt  exist  as  to  the  applicant's  statement  regarding 
his  age,  his  oath  will  not  be  taken  as  conclusive  evidence  of  the  fact,  and 
if  he  can  not  furnish  competent  proof  to  support  his  statement  he  will  be 
rejected.  Boys  between  the  ages  of  sixteen  and  eighteen  may  be  enlisted 
as  musicians  or  to  learn  music,  with  the  written  consent  of  father,  only 

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114  RECRUITING   SERVICE. 

surviving  parent,  or  legally  appointed  guardian,  and  the  approval  of  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  When  a  minor  presents  himself  for  enlist- 
ment under  the  provisions  of  this  laaragraph,  his  parents  or  guardian  will  be 
found  and  informed  of  the  application. 

§27.  Recruiting  officers  will  be  held  to  a  rigid  accountability  for  the 
enlistment  of  men  who  may  be  found  unfitted  for  the  service.  If  a  recruit, 
after  having  been  enlisted,  be  rejected,  or  discharged  as  a  minor,  and  it 
appear  that  the  enlistment  was  carelessly  made  or  in  violation  of  these  reg- 
ulations, the  expenses  incurred  in  consequence  of  the  enlistment  may  be 
stopped  against  the  pay  of  the  officer  responsible. 

828.  A  person  having  a  wife  or  minor  child  will  not  be  enlisted  without 
special  authority  from  the  Adjutant- General's  Office. 

829.  After  the  nature  of  the  service  and  terms  of  enlistment  have  been 
fully  explained  to  the  applicant,  and  before  the  enlistment  blanks  are  filled, 
the  officer  will  read  to  him  and  offer  for  his  signature  the  f ollo^ving  declara- 
tion which  will  be  contained  in  the  enlistment  paper  : 

I, ,  desiring  to  enlist  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  for  the  term  of  three 

years,  do  declare  that  I  have  neither  wife  nor  child  ;  that  I  am  of  the  legal  age  to  enlist,  and 
believe  myself  to  bephysically  qualified  to  perform  the  duties  of  an  able-bodied  soldier ;  and 
I  do  further  declare  that  I  am  of  good  habits  and  character  in  all  respects  and  have  never 
been  discharged  from  the  United  States  service  (Army  or  Navy)  or  any  other  service  on 
account  of  disability  or  through  sentence  of  either  a  civil  or  military  court,  nor  dis- 
charged from  any  service,  civil  or  military,  except  with  good  character,  and  for  the  rea- 
sons given  by  me  to  the  recruiting  officer  prior  to  this  enlistment.  [Here  add,  in  case  of 
an  applicant  for  first  enlistment :  And  that  I  am,  or  have  made  legal  declaration  of  my 
intention  to  become,  a  citizen  of  the  United  States.] 

Given  at ,  this day  of ,  18 

Witness : 


If  the  applicant  be  a  minor,  "his  parents  or  guardian  must  give  consent  in 
writing  in  the  following  terms : 

I, ,  do  certify  that  I  am  the  (father,  only  surviving  parent,  or  guardian,  as 

the  case  may  be)  of ;  that  the  said is years  of  age  ;  and  I  do 

hereby  freely  give  my  consent  to  his  enlisting  as  a  soldier  in  the  Army  of  the  United 
States  for  the  period  of  three  years. 

Given  at ,  this day  of ,  18 

Witness  : 


This  consent  will  appear  on  the  enlistment  paper  and  will  follow  the  fore- 
going declaration. 

830.  Recruiting  officers  will  not  allow  any  man  to  be  enticed  into  the 
service  by  false  representations,  but  will,  in  person,  explain  to  every  man 
before  he  signs  the  enlistment  paper  the  nature  of  the  service,  the  length  of 
the  term,  the  amount  of  pay,  clothing,  rations,  and  other  allow^ances  to 
which  a  soldier  is  entitled  by  law. 

831.  As  soon  as  practicable,  and  within  six  days  after  he  has  been 
accepted  on  probation,  the  following  form  of  enlistment  will  be  signed  by 
and  oath  administered  to  the  recruit : 

State  of ,  city  or  town  of ,  ss  : 

I, ,  born  in ,  in  the  State  of .  aged years  and months,  and 

by  occupation  a ,  do  hereby  acknowledge  to  have  voluntarily  enlisted  (or  re-enlisted) 

this day  of ,  18    ,  as  a  soldier  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  of  America,  for 

the  period  of  three  years,  unless  sooner  discharged  by  proper  authority ;  and  do  also  agree 


RECRUITING    SERVICE.  115 

to  accept  from  the  United  States  such  bounty,  pay,  rations,  and  clothing  as  are  or  may  be 
established  by  law.  And  I  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will  bear  true  faith 
and  allegiance  to  the  United  States  of  America  ;  that  I  will  serve  them  honestly  and 
faithfully  agamst  all  their  enemies  whomsoever  ;  and  that  I  will  obey  the  orders  of  the 
President  of  the  United  States,  and  the  orders  of  the  officers  appointed  over  me,  accord- 
ing to  the  Rules  and  Articles  ol  War. 

.      [SEAL.] 

Subscribed  and  duly  sworn  to  before  me  this day  of ,  A.  D.  18    . 


Recruiting  Officer. 

This  oath  may  be  administered  by  any  commissioned  officer  of  the  Army. 
§32.  Within  six  days  after  his  enlistment,  the  Articles  of  War  will  be 
read  to  the  recruit. 

833.  Enlistment  papers  and  recruiting  returns  will  be  made  on  printed 
forms  furnished  by  the  Adjutant -General  of  the  Army,  and  will  be  exe- 
cuted and  disposed  of  in  accordance  with  directions  thereon. 

834.  The  real  name  of  the  recruit  will  be  ascertained,  correctly  spelled, 
and  written  in  the  same  way  wherever  it  occurs,  and  the  Christian  name 
will  not  be  abbreviated. 

S3 5.  Enlistments  will  not  be  antedated  so  as  to  allow  a  soldier  additional 
pay  for  re-enlistment  who  applies  after  the  period  for  re-enlisting  has  expired; 
but  when  a  soldier  presents  himself  for  re-  enlistment  and  it  is  necessary  to 
obtain  information  in  his  case,  or  the  approval  of  higher  authority,  his  re-en- 
listment may  be  made  to  antedate  the  time  of  administering  the  oath,  but 
must  not  bear  a  date  prior  to  the  day  on  which  he  presented  himself. 

836.  When  a  soldier  re-enters  the  service,  the  officer  who  enlists  him  will 
indorse  on  the  enlistment  paper  next  below  his  own  name  and  regiment,  "sec- 
ond (or  third)  enlistment,"  as  the  case  may  be,  together  with  the  company 
and  regiment  in  which  the  soldier  last  served  and  the  date  of  discharge  from 
former  enlistment.  This  information  the  recruiting  officer  will  obtain  if 
possible  from  the  soldier's  discharge,  which  the  latter  should  be  required  to 
exhibit. 

837.  An  officer  who  enlists  or  re-enlists  a  man  who  has  been  discharged 
from  the  Army  will  immediately  give  notice  of  the  fact  to  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  company  from  which  the  man  was  last  discharged,  stating,  if 
practicable,  designation  of  the  organization  to  which  he  has  been  assigned. 
On  receiving  this  notice  the  commander  of  the  company  from  which  the 
man  was  discharged  will  record  the  fact  of  enlistment  or  re-enlistment  in 
the  company  descriptive  book.  Should  it  appear  that  deception  has  been 
practiced  he  will  report  the  case  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  The 
recruiting  officer  will  enter  the  fact  of  enlistment  or  re-enlistment,  with 
date  and  place  upon  the  certificate  of  discharge  from  former  enlistment, 
which  the  soldier  should  have  in  his  possession. 

838.  Applications  to  re-enter  the  Army  from  persons  of  any  of  the  follow- 
ing classes  will  not  be  granted  without  special  authority  from  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army : 

1.  Former  soldiers  who  have  been  discharged  before  expiration  of  term  of 
service,  excepting  those  discharged  under  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  144 
and  145. 

2.  Former  soldiers  who  have  been  discharged  with  character  other  than 
good,  or  its  full  equivalent. 


116  RECRUITING    SERVICE. 

3.  Former  soldiers  over  thirty-five  years  of  age  who  were  last  discharged 
as  privates  and  have  failed  to  re-enlist  within  three  months  thereafter.  In 
such  cases  the  applications  must  show  that  the  enlistments  will  be  for  the 
interests  of  the  service. 

4.  A  former  soldier  having  a  wife  or  minor  child.  In  such  a  case  applica- 
tion will  not  be  made  by  telegraph,  but  will  be  forwarded  by  mail  through 
post  and  regimental  commanders  in  sufficient  time  to  admit  of  receipt  of 
reply  by  mail  before  date  of  discharge.  The  application  must  clearly  set 
forth  the  fact  that  re-enlistment  will  be  in  the  interests  of  the  service. 

5.  Former  soldiers  who  can  not  pass  the  required  examination  in  all 
respects.  To  entitle  an  application  of  this  nature  to  consideration  it  must 
have  the  recommendation  of  the  soldier's  former  commanding  officer,  which 
should  be  given  only  when  it  is  shown  that  any  existing  defects  will  not  pre- 
vent the  performance  by  the  applicant  of  full  military  duty,  and  that  his 
continuance  in  service  will  be  a  benefit  to  the  Army. 

839.  Enlisted  men  of  good  character  and  faithful  service  who,  at  the 
expiration  of  their  terms,  are  undergoing  treatment  for  injuries  incurred 
or  disease  contracted  in  the  line  of  duty,  may  be  re-enlisted  if  they  so  elect, 
and  if  the  disability  prove  to  be  permanent  they  will  subsequently  be  dis- 
charged on  certificates  of  disability.  An  enlisted  man  not  under  treatment, 
but  who  has  contracted  in  the  line  of  duty  infirmities  that  may  raise  a  ques- 
tion of  physical  eligibility  to  re-enlistment,  but  not  such  as  to  prevent  his 
performing  the  duties  of  a  soldier,  may  be  re-enlisted  by  authority  of  the 
War  Department  on  application  made  through  the  surgeon  and  proper  mil- 
itary channel  in  time  to  receive  a  decision  before  the  date  of  discharge. 

84 0.  Commanding  officers  forwarding  applications  from  men  of  their 
commands  for  permission  to  re-enlist  for  some  other  organization  will  report 
in  each  case  whether  the  applicant  is  married  or  single,  what  character  will 
be  given  him  on  discharge,  and  whether  or  not  he  can  pass  the  required 
examination. 

MEDICAL  INSPECTION. 

841.  The  physical  examination  of  recruits  will  be  conducted  in  accord- 
ance with  the  authorized  manual  for  the  examination  of  recruits.  The  enlist- 
ment paper  of  each  recruit  must  show  what  indelible  or  permanent  marks 
were  found  on  his  person. 

842.  The  recruiting  officer  will  be  present  at  the  physical  examination 
of  the  recruit  by  the  medical  officer.  When  there  is  no  medical  officer,  the 
recruiting  officer  will  make  the  required  examination.  An  applicant  enlisted 
at  a  post  where  there  is  no  medical  officer  will  be  re-examined  within  two 
weeks  after  enlistment,  and  before  any  clothing  is  issued  to  him,  by  a  med- 
ical officer,  or,  in  the  absence  of  such  officer,  by  the  civilian  physician  employed 
by  the  Medical  Department. 

843.  As  soon  as  a  recruit  joins  any  rendezvous,  regiment,  or  post,  he  will 
be  examined  by  the  medical  officer,  to  ascertain  whether  vaccination  is 
required.  In  all  cases  where  there  is  not  unmistakable  evidence  of  success- 
ful vaccination  within  a  reasonable  period,  the  operation  will  be  performed 
immediately. 

844.  A  critical  inspection  by  the  senior  medical  officer  present  will  be 
made  of  every  recruit  received  at  a  rendezvous  within  two  days  after  his 


RECRUITING    SERVICE.  117 

arrival,  if  he  has  not  already  undergone  examination  by  a  surgeon.  Should 
the  recruit  be  found  unfit  for  service  or  to  have  been  illegally  enlisted,  a 
board  of  officers  will  be  called  by  the  post  commander  to  examine  into  the 
case,  and  if  the  board  recommends  the  discharge  of  the  recruit  for  physical 
disability  it  will  fully  report  its  reasons,  based  upon  a  thorough  investiga- 
tion of  the  case,  and  vnll  show  in  its  report  whether  the  enlistment  involved 
fraud,  whether  the  disability  existed  prior  to  enlistment,  when,  where,  and 
by  whom  the  enlistment  was  made,  and  whether,  in  its  opinion,  the  disquali- 
fication might  have  been  discovered  by  the  recruiting  officer  (with  whom  the 
board  will  communicate,  and  who  will  be  given  opportunity  to  be  heard 
in  the  case)  had  due  care  been  exercised.  This  report,  together  with  the 
surgeon's  certificate  of  disability  and  the  original  form  for  examining  a 
recruit,  will  be  forwarded  by  the  post  commander  direct  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army. 

845.  Every  detachment  of  recruits  ordered  from  a  recruit  rendezvous  to 
any  regiment  or  post  will,  immediately  preceding  its  departure,  be  crit- 
ically inspected  by  the  post  commander  and  the  senior  medical  officer  pres- 
ent, and  any  sick  or  otherwise  disabled  will  be  held  at  rendezvous.  A 
recruit  deemed  unfit  for  continuance  in  the  service  will  not  be  sent  to  a  reg- 
iment, but  a  board  of  officers  will  be  convened  to  consider  the  case  and 
report  as  indicated  in  the  preceding  paragraph. 

846.  Before  recruits  are  forwarded  from  a  rendezvous  to  regiments, 
the  post  commander  will  cause  the  character  of  each  recruit  to  be  entered 
upon  the  descriptive  and  assignment  card,  also  the  date  and  result  of  last 
vaccination.  Officers  in  charge  of  detachments,  if  called  upon,  will  exhibit 
the  entries  relative  to  vaccination  to  authorized  inspectors  of  State  boards 
of  health. 

847.  Upon  arrival  at  a  post  each  recruit  who  has  not  undergone  exami- 
nation by  a  surgeon  will  be  examined,  and  defects  will  be  recorded  by  the 
medical  officer,  with  his  opinion  as  to  whether  they  existed  prior  to  enlist- 
ment. A  certificate  of  disability  will  be  submitted  if  the  recruit  is  abso- 
lutely disqualified  for  the  service.  If  the  certificate  be  submitted,  the 
post  commander  will  carefully  scan  the  answers  made  by  the  recruit  on  the 
'•Form  for  the  physical  examination  of  a  recruit,"  and  if  his  answers 
show  that  fraud  was  practiced  to  secure  his  enlistment,  the  post  commander 
will  make  full  report  of  the  facts  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army, 
and  forward  therewith  the  certificate  and  the  examination  form. 

848.  A  register  of  the  medical  examination  of  recruits  will  be  kept  at 
each  recruiting  station  and  rendezvous.  A  report  of  the  recruits  examined 
during  the  preceding  month  will  be  forwarded,  not  later  than  the  6th 
day  of  every  month,  to  the  Surgeon- General,  who  will  furnish  blanks  for 
the  purpose,  as  well  as  blank  registers  of  medical  examination.  When 
a  register  is  filled  it  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Surgeon-General.  Cases 
of  "recruits  on  probation"  who  have  failed  for  any  cause  to  complete 
their  enlistment  will  be  indicated  by  an  appropriate  entry  in  the  column  of 
remarks,  both  on  the  monthly  reports  to  the  Surgeon-General  and  in  the 
register.  Care  must  be  taken  to  embody  in  these  reports  all  needed  infor- 
mation, including  a  record  of  the  height,  weight,  chest  measures,  the  com- 
plexion, and  the  color  of  the  hair  and  eyes  of  every  accepted  applicant. 


118  RECRUITING   SERVICE. 

RECRUITS  SENT   TO   REGIMENTS. 

§49.  Recruits  will  be  assigned  to  regiments  by  the  Adjutant-General  of 
the  Army,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  from  either  general 
recruiting  stations  or  rendezvous.  Recruits  designated  for  assignment  will 
be  borne  on  the  rolls  and  returns  of  the  stations  or  rendezvous  until  the 
date  of  departure  therefrom,  when  the  assignment  will  take  effect ;  prior  to 
that  date  they  will  not  be  taken  up  on  the  rolls  of  companies  or  regiments. 

S50.  When  recruits  are  sent  to  a  regiment,  a  descriptive  and  assignment 
card  for  each  will  be  given  to  the  officer  assigned  to  its  command,  or  if  no 
officer  be  so  assigned  the  cards  will  be  sent  by  mail. 

§51.  When  recruits  are  sent  to  regiments  from  rendezvous  or  other  posts, 
the  descriptive  and  assignment  cards  will  be  made  by  the  post  commander ; 
when  they  go  direct  from  a  recruiting  station  not  at  a  post,  they  will  be 
made  by  the  recruiting  officer. 

§52.  An  officer  intrusted  with  the  command  of  recruits  ordered  to  regi- 
ments will,  on  arriving  at  destination,  forward  the  following  papers  : 

1.  To  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  a  report  of  date  of  arrival  at 
the  post,  the  strength  and  condition  of  the  party  when  turned  over  to  the 
commanding  officer,  and  all  circumstances  worthy  of  remark  which  occurred 
on  the  journey. 

2.  To  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment  or  post,  the  descriptive  and 
assignment  cards  furnished  him  at  the  rendezvous  or  station,  properly  com- 
pleted by  noting  in  the  column  for  remarks  time  and  place  of  death,  deser- 
tion, or  other  casualty  that  may  have  occurred. 

§53.  The  descriptive  and  assignment  card  of  every  recruit  sent  to  a 
regiment,  with  remarks  showing  final  disposition  of  the  recruit,  and  num- 
ber of  regiment  and  letter  of  company  to  which  he  has  been  assigned,  will 
be  signed  and  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  by  the  officer 
who  makes  the  assignment. 

DEPARTMENT   AND   REGIMENTAL   RECRUITING. 

§54.  Every  post  is  a  general  recruiting  station  for  the  whole  Army,  and 
recruiting  thereat  will  be  conducted  by  an  officer  of  the  garrison  detailed  by 
the  commanding  officer.  The  commander  of  each  detachment  of  troops 
absent  from  its  permanent  station  will,  if  he  deem  it  advisable,  designate 
an  officer  for  this  duty. 

§55.  The  recruiting  officer  at  any  post  may  make  enlistments  to  fill 
vacancies  in  the  troops  of  the  line  serving  thereat,  and,  when  authorized  by 
the  department  commander,  for  those  serving  at  other  posts  in  the  same 
territorial  department.  He  may  make  enlistments  for  any  organization  in 
the  service  when  authorized  by  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  An 
applicant  will  be  subjected  to  the  required  examination  before  application 
is  made  for  special  authority  for  his  enlistment. 

§56.  Regimental  recruiting  may  be  carried  on  away  from  posts  by  one 
or  more  officers  detailed  from  a  regiment  by  its  commander,  with  the 
approval  of  the  department  commander  under  authority  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment, and  in  accordance  with  instructions  from  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army.  A  regimental  recruiting  officer,  with  the  authority  of  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army,  may  make  enlistments  for  any  organization  in  the 
service. 


inspectoe-general's  department.  119 

article  lxxii. 

Inspector-General's  Department, 
general  provisions. 

957,  The  sphere  of  inquiry  of  the  Inspector-General's  Department 
includes  every  branch  of  militarj^  affairs  except  when  specially  limited  in 
these  regulations  or  in  orders.  Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors- 
general  will  exercise  a  comprehensive  and  general  observation  within  their 
respective  districts  over  all  that  pertains  to  the  efficiency  of  the  Army,  the 
condition  and  state  of  supplies  of  all  kinds,  of  arms  and  equipments,  of  the 
expenditure  of  public  property  and  moneys,  and  the  condition  of  accounts 
of  all  disbursing  officers  of  every  branch  of  the  service,  of  the  conduct,  disci- 
pline and  efficiency  of  officers  and  troops,  and  report  with  strict  impartiality 
in  regard  to  all  irregularities  that  may  be  discovered.  From  time  to  time 
they  will  make  such  suggestions  as  may  appear  to  them  practicable  for  the 
cure  of  any  defect  that  may  come  under  their  observation. 

858.  Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  are  under  the  orders 
of  the  Secretary  of  War  and  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  only, 
and  all  orders,  not  confidential,  will  be  issued  from  the  Adjutant-General's 
Office  and  transmitted  to  them  through  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army. 
They  will  make  the  general  inspections  within  the  limits  of  their  respective 
districts,  and  will  each  be  allowed  the  necessary  clerks  and  one  messenger, 
who  will  be  assigned  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

859.  An  officer  on  duty  in  the  Inspector-General's  Department,  upon 
arriving  at  his  station,  will  report  by  letter  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the 
Army,  and  thereafter  will  report  the  execution  of  all  orders  received  through 
him,  together  with  date  of  departure  from  and  return  to  his  station.  Prior 
to  starting  on  a  tour  of  inspection  he  will  furnish  the  Inspector-General  an 
itinerary  of  his  route  and  approximate  dates  of  arrival  and  departure  from 
each  station  to  be  visited. 

860.  An  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  will  give  a  depart- 
ment commander,  within  the  limits  of  whose  command  he  is  ordered  to 
make  inspections,  timely  notice  of  his  orders  and  of  the  date  when  he  desires 
to  execute  them.  He  will  also  make  known  to  commanding  and  other  offi- 
cers whose  troops  and  affairs  he  is  directed  to  inspect  his  orders  or  instruc- 
tions, and  these  officers  will  see  that  every  facility  and  assistance,  including 
clerical  aid,  if  requested,  is  afforded. 

861.  An  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  will  not  give  orders 
unless  specially  authorized  to  do  so,  and  then  only  in  the  name  of  the  superior 
giving  such  authority.  He  will  report  with  strict  impartiality  all  irregu- 
larities. He  should  refrain  from  informal  conversation  or  comment  upon 
subjects  under  investigation. 

863.  An  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  will  exercise  the 

greatest  care  that  he  does  no  injustice  to  organizations  or  individuals. 
When  investigating  accusations  prejudicial  to  the  character  of  an  officer,  he 
will  make  known  to  the  officer  their  nature,  and  give  him  an  opportunity 
to  make  his  own  statement  in  writing,  which  will  be  appended  to  the  report. 


120  inspector-general's  department. 

Copies  or  extracts  from  an  inspection  report,  reflecting  upon  or  commending 
the  character  or  efficiency  of  an  officer,  may  be  furnished  him  by  the  com- 
mander through  whom  the  report  is  submitted. 

863.  An  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  detailed  to  investi- 
gate attempts  to  defraud  the  Government,  or  misconduct  on  the  part  of 
any  officer  or  agent  of  the  United  States,  has  authority  to  administer  oaths 
to  witnesses. 

SPECIAL   DUTIES. 

S64.  Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  will,  from  time  to 
time,  designate  the  articles  which  in  their  opinion  should  be  procured  and 
kept  for  sale  by  the  Subsistence  Department  to  officers  and  enlisted  men. 
These  recommendations  will  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  his 
action. 

865.  All  matters  pertaining  to  the  supervision  of  the  accounts  of  the 
receipts  and  expenditures  of  the  National  Home  for  Disabled  Volunteer 
Soldiers,  under  acts  of  Congress,  are  assigned  to  the  Inspector-General 
of  the  Army  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

STATED   INSPECTIONS. 

566.  In  addition  to  the  inspection  of  the  Soldiers'  Home  required  bylaw, 
the  Inspector- General  of  the  Army  will,  in  person,  make  an  annual  inspec- 
tion of  the  National  Home  for  Disabled  Volunteer  Soldiers,  its  records,  dis- 
bursements, management,  discipline,  and  condition,  and  report  in  writing 
the  results  of  such  inspection  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

567.  Officers  of  the  Inspector-General's  Department  will  inspect  once  in 
each  year  all  military  commands,  garrisoned  jiosts  and  camps,  and  once  in 
two  years  such  ungarrisoned  posts  and  national  cemeteries  as  can  be  visited 
without  departing  materially  from  the  routes  of  other  prescribed  inspections. 

868.  All  depots,  armories,  arsenals,  and  public  works  of  every  kind  under 
charge  of  officers  of  the  Army,  except  works  of  engineering  conducted 
under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  and  supervision  of  the  Chief  of 
Engineers,  will  be  inspected  annually  by  officers  of  the  Inspector-General's 
Department.  These  inspections  will  include  military  and  business  admin- 
istration and  methods,  but  will  not  extend  to  the  scientific  or  technical 
character  of  work  for  which  the  officer  in  charge  is  responsible,  through  the 
head  of  his  department,  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

869.  Inspections  of  the  Military  Academy  will  be  made  only  under  spe- 
cific instructions  given  in  each  case  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  inspections 
of  the  service  schools,  in  so  far  as  they  are  distinct  from  posts,  under  similar 
instructions  given  by  the  Secretary  of  War  or  the  Commanding  General 
of  the  Army. 

870.  The  military  department  of  civil  institutions  of  learning  at  which 
officers  of  the  Army  are  detailed  will  be  inspected  annually,  near  the  close 
of  the  college  year,  under  specific  instructions.  The  inspecting  officer,  upon 
his  arrival  at  the  institution,  will  apply  to  the  president  or  the  administrative 
officer  thereof  for  such  aid  or  facilities  as  he  may  require.  His  report  will 
be  sent  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  then  to  the  Adjutant-General 
of  the  Army  for  note  and  return,  and  a  copy  furnished  the  president  of  the 
institution  by  the  War  Department. 


inspector-general's  department.  121 

871.  The  inspection  of  disbursements  and  money  accounts  of  disbursing 
officers  required  by  act  of  April  20,  1874,  will  be  made  by  officers  of  the 
Inspector-General's  Department  or  others  detailed  for  that  purpose,  and,  as 
far  as  practicable,  at  irregular  intervals,  but  no  officer  so  detailed  shall  be 
in  any  way  connected  with  the  corps  or  staff  department  making  the  dis- 
bursement. The  frequency  of  these  inspections  will  be  regulated  by  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

§72.  Reports  of  prescribed  inspections  of  troops,  stations,  and  accounts 
of  disbursing  officers  under  the  authority  of  department  commanders  will 
be  forwarded  through  department  headquarters  to  the  Adjutant-General  of 
the  Army  and  transmitted  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army.  In  case 
irregularities,  deficiencies,  or  misconduct  are  reported,  a  department  com- 
mander in  forwarding  a  report  will  state  what  remedies  he  has  applied  or 
will  apply  to  correct  them,  adding  any  recommendations  that  he  may  desire 
to  make.  All  other  reports  of  inspections  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the 
Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  except  when  otherwise  specially  directed, 
and  all  inspection  reports  not  confidential  will  be  filed  in  his  office.  The 
Inspector-General  will  forward  to  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army 
extracts  that  relate  to  discipline  and  efficiency,  and  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus 
extracts  that  relate  to  fiscal  affairs. 

METHODS   OF  INSPECTION. 

873.  Inspections  of  troops  will  be  conducted  as  prescribed  in  the  author- 
ized drill  regulations.  When  the  command  consists  of  more  than  one  com- 
pany the  inspection  will,  if  practicable,  be  preceded  by  a  review. 

874.  Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  will  concisely 
report  the  strength,  efficiency,  and  armament  of  each  garrison  and  post,  the 
date  of  last  inspection,  and  all  irregularities  and  defects,  with  such  sugges- 
tions or  recommendations  as  they  deem  pertinent.  They  will  also  report 
what  remedies  have  been  applied  to  correct  irregularities  reported  at  former 
inspections.  The  subjects  usually  covered  by  such  reports  should  be  as 
follows  : 

1.  Names  of  officers  present,  those  absent  on  detached  duty  or  otherwise, 
and  those  permanently  incapacitated  for  any  duty  from  any  cause  ;  whether 
the  number  of  enlisted  men  in  ranks  at  inspection  corresponds  to  returns, 
how  absentees  are  accounted  for,  and  how  many  appear  under  arms  at 
inspection ;  the  number  of  men  in  the  band,  and  if  any  are  not  musicians. 

2.  Whether  the  post  is  adequately  armed  and  supplied,  and  maps  of  the 
post  and  of  the  country  in  its  vicinity  kept. 

3.  Whether  the  commanding  officer  observes  the  system  of  instruction  and 
treatment  of  subordinates  enjoined  by  the  regulations,  and  properly  executes 
the  laws  relating  to  neutrality,  quarantine,  and  the  regulations  concerning 
international  courtesy,  so  far  as  applicable  to  his  post ;  whether  justice  is 
promptly  and  legally  administered ;  the  zeal  of  the  commanding  officer  and 
his  ability  to  perform  his  duties. 

4.  Whether  officers  are  efficient,  reporting  any  intemperance  or  immorality, 
and  mentioning  any  officer  or  soldier  who  has  distinguished  himself,  or  shown 
special  efficiency  in  any  department  of  study  or  duty. 

5.  The  manner  in  which  chaplains  perform  their  duties. 

6.  The  efficiency  of  administrative  and  staff  officers,  the  correctness  of 


122  inspector-general's  department, 

their  accounts ;  whether  payments  and  issues  are  made  in  accordance  with 
law  and  regulations,  and  whether  surplus  supplies  are  taken  up  on  returns 
and  deficiencies  accounted  for. 

7.  Efficiency,  discipline  and  appearance  of  the  troops;  state  of  arms,  equip- 
ments and  accoutrements  of  all  kinds;  sufficiency,  uniformity  and  fit  of 
clothing;  instruction,  theoretical  and  practical,  of  noncommissioned  officers 
and  privates  in  military  exercises  and  duties;  nature  and  amount  of  drills, 
recitations  in  tactics  and  drill  regulations,  target  practice,  practice  marches, 
practice  in  outpost  duty,  field  service,  minor  tactics,  and  gymnastic  exercises; 
efficiency  in  signaling;  regularity  of  payment  of  the  troops,  their  health  and 
whether  the  sick  are  properly  cared  for. 

8.  Police  and  sanitation  of  the  post ;  cleanliness,  state  of  repair,  and  sani- 
tary condition  of  all  buildings. 

9.  Whether  there  are  suitable  rooms  for  use,  respectively,  as  a  library, 
reading  room,  chapel,  and  school ;  sufficient  quantities  of  newspapers  and 
periodicals,  schoolbooks,  stationery  and  school  material  for  the  use  of 
enlisted  men ;  whether  the  newspapers,  periodicals,  and  schoolbooks  are 
solely  used  by  enlisted  men  ;  whether  the  library  rooms  are  used  at  all  by 
officers,  and,  if  so,  whether  it  interferes  with  their  use  by  enlisted  men  ;  the 
attendance  and  progress  of  pupils  and  the  system  of  instruction. 

10.  System  of  messing,  sufficiency,  variety  and  preparation  of  food. 

11.  Whether  labor  of  the  supply  departments  is  performed  by  troops  or 
civilians ;  if  by  the  latter,  their  number,  cost  attending  and  reasons  for  their 
employment  and  kind  of  labor  performed  by  them. 

12.  Means  of  transportation  and  its  condition ;  training,  grooming,  shoe- 
ing, suitability,  veterinary  treatment  and  condition  of  public  animals,  and 
number  unserviceable. 

13.  Condition  of  all  public  property,  and  whether  used  for  private  pur- 
poses ;  whether  buildings  and  property  are  properly  secured  against  fire, 
theft  and  damage. 

14.  Whether  sales  of  subsistence  stores  are  made  to  enlisted  men  accord- 
ing to  regulations ;  whether  there  are  damaged  stores,  and  if  so,  in  what 
quantities  and  how  damage  was  caused. 

15.  Water  supply,  facilities  for  laundry  work,  bathing  and  swimming, 
system  and  condition  of  sewerage  and  drainage,  and  means  of  extinguishing 
fire. 

16.  Management  and  success  of  post  exchange,  and  whether  properly 
supplied  and  conducted  according  to  regulations ;  extent,  necessity  for,  and 
kind  of  gardens,  success  attending,  and  number  of  men  employed  therein. 

17.  Management  and  application  of  the  regimental,  bakery,  company,  and 
mess  funds,  and  whether  the  provisions  of  Articles  XXXIV  and  XXXV  are 
complied  with. 

18.  Whether  regimental,  post,  and  company  books,  papers  and  files,  and 
those  of  the  post  staif  departments,  including  chaplain's  register,  are  prop- 
erly kept,  and  the  prescribed  rolls  and  returns  are  properly  prepared  and 
promptly  forwarded. 

19.  Condition  of  post  cemetery  and  its  records. 

20.  Efficiency  of  hospital  corps  and  company  bearers  in  ambulance  and 
litter-bearers'  drill,  and  methods  of  rendering  first  aid  to  the  wounded. 

875.  On  completion  of  an  inspection  of  a  post  or  other  command  of  troops 
under  department  supervision,  the  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector- 
general  will  furnish  its  commanding  officer  a  written  statement  of  all 


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irregularities  and  deficiencies  observed,  which  will  be  kept  on  file  for  the 
information  of  commanding  officers  and  inspectors.  The  commanding  offi- 
cer will,  as  soon  as  practicable,  submit  to  the  department  commander  a  copy 
of  this  statement,  with  a  report  showing  what  remedies  he  has  applied  or 
will  apply  to  correct  each  of  the  irregularities  or  defects  found,  and  will 
recommend  the  proper  action  with  regard  to  those  that  he  has  not  power  or 
authority  to  remedy.  At  stations  not  under  the  supervision  of  department 
commanders,  inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  will  furnish 
like  statements,  and  commanding  officers  will  forward  copies  with  reports 
to  the  authority  that  ordered  the  inspection. 

DISBURSEMENTS   AND   ACCOUNTS. 

S76.  Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  will  inquire  as  to 
the  necessity,  economy  and  propriety  of  all  disbursements,  their  strict  con- 
formity to  the  law  appropriating  the  money,  and  whether  the  disbursing 
officers  comply  with  the  law  in  keeping  their  accounts  and  making  their 
deposits.  A  statement  of  receipts  and  expenditures  and  of  the  distribution 
of  funds,  with  a  list  of  outstanding  checks,  on  forms  furnished  by  the 
Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  will  be  submitted  by  the  disbursing  officer 
to  the  inspector,  who  should  immediately  transmit  the  list  of  outstanding 
checks  to  the  several  depositories.  Upon  return  from  a  depository,  balances 
will  be  verified  and  noted  on  the  inspection  report,  which  will  then  be 
forwarded  to  the  Inspector-General.  The  list  of  outstanding  checks  will 
be  retained  by  the  inspector,  and  a  copy,  with  indorsements  thereon,  sent  to 
the  Inspector-General. 

8 "7 7.  When  an  officer  ceases  to  act  as  a  disbursing  officer  he  will  submit 
to  the  officer  to  whom  the  inspection  of  his  accounts  has  been  assigned 
a  statement  of  his  money  accounts  from  date  of  last  inspection  to  and 
including  the  closing  of  his  accounts,  with  a  list  of  outstanding  checks. 
If  an  inspection  be  impracticable,  the  statement  will  be  forwarded  to  the 
Inspector-General  of  the  Army. 

PROPERTY   FOR  CONDEMNATION. 

878.  Inspections  having  in  view  the  condemnation  of  property  will  be 
made  by  inspectors-general,  acting  inspectors-general,  or  officers  specially 
designated  by  the  commander  of  a  department,  the  commander  of  an  army 
in  the  field,  or  higher  authority.  Officers  designated  for  the  foregoing  pur- 
pose shall  not  be  in  any  way  connected  with  the  staff  department,  coriDs, 
post,  or  particular  organization  to  which  the  property  to  be  inspected  per- 
tains, except  in  case  of  unserviceable  public  animals  or  of  small  quantities 
of  rapidly  deteriorating  subsistence  stores,  unfit  for  sale  or  issue  to  troops 
but  not  worthless,  if  delay  would  entail  loss  to  the  Government. 

879.  Officers  will  prepare  and  sign  in  triplicate,  on  blank  forms  furnished 
by  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  inventories  of  public  property  requir- 
ing inspection,  and  present  them,  with  the  property,  to  the  inspector-general 
or  acting  inspector-general  at  the  time  of  his  annual  visit.  In  the  case  of 
rapidly  deteriorating  subsistence  stores  or  of  unserviceable  public  animals, 
such  inventories  will  be  prepared  when  necessary,  and  unless  the  time  of  the 
annual  visit  of  an  inspector  be  near  at  hand,  one  copy  will  be  forwarded  to 


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the  commander  of  the  department  or  army  in  the  field.  Public  animals  will 
be  inventoried  singly,  with  a  brief  description  of  color,  sex,  age,  and  dis- 
tinguishing marks. 

880.  As  far  as  practicable,  inventories  of  unserviceable  property  will 
state  the  cost  of  the  articles,  and  in  case  of  damaged  or  inferior  stores  the 
depot  whence  obtained,  the  marks  upon  them,  with  marks  on  original  pack- 
ages, and  names  of  contractors  and  inspectors. 

881.  For  inspection  the  property  will  be  arranged  in  the  order  of  enu- 
meration in  the  inventory,  every  article  will  be  examined  by  the  inspector, 
and  the  officer  responsible  will  accompany  him  and  be  prepared  to  give  all 
necessary  information  in  regard  to  it. 

882.  Inspectors  will  examine  all  property  i)roperly  presented  for  condem- 
nation. When  all  property  presented  has  been  destroyed  in  the  presence 
of  the  inspector,  one  inventory  will  be  forwarded  by  the  inspecting  officer 
through  department  headquarters  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army  and 
the  others  will  be  delivered  to  the  accountable  officer.  In  cases  in  which  the 
inspector  recommends  the  sale  of  any  property  or  its  transfer  to  depots,  he 
will  forward  all  the  inventories*  to  department  headquarters,  and  if  the 
inspector's  action  is  approved  by  the  department  commander,  except  as 
provided  in  paragraphs  1525  and  1526,  two  will  be  returned  to  the  account- 
able officer  and  the  other  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army 
to  be  transmitted  to  the  Inspector-Genera^  of  the  Army,  and,  in  similar 
cases,  when  the  accountable  officer  is  not  serving  under  the  department 
commander  and  all  the  property  has  been  destroyed  in  the  presence  of  the 
inspector,  one  copy  of  the  inventory  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Inspector- Gen- 
eral of  the  Army  and  two  to  the  accountable  officer,  or  if  sale  or  transfer 
of  the  property  is  recommended,  the  inspecting  officer  will  forward  all  the 
inventories  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  who  will  forward  them 
to  the  Secretary  of  War,  through  the  chief  of  bureau  concerned ;  one  copy 
will  be  returned  to  the  Inspector-General  and  two  to  the  accountable  officer. 

883.  Inspectors  will  exercise  great  care  in  examining  property  submitted 
to  them  for  condemnation,  and  in  making  recommendations  regarding  its 
disposition.  Articles  "to  be  continued  in  service"  are  such  as  are  still 
serviceable.  Those  "to  be  dropped"  from  the  returns  are  such  as  can  not 
be  sold  at  the  post  and  are  not  worth  cost  of  transportation  to  an  arsenal  or 
depot  for  repair.  If  worthless,  they  must  be  so  far  destroyed  as  to  prevent 
any  possibility  of  future  presentation.  Such  articles  as  can  not  be  destroyed 
will,  when  practicable,  be  marked  "I.  C."  (inspected — condemned),  or  will 
be  broken  up  and  the  serviceable  parts  retained.  Condemned  animals  will 
be  branded  "I.  C."  on  the  neck  under  the  mane.  Should  the  inspector's 
recotamendation  be  disapproved  in  regard  to  articles  marked  "I.  C,"  the 
marks  will  be  canceled  and  a  certificate  of  the  fact  given  to  the  responsible 
officer.  Suitable  brands  and  stencils  will  be  kept  for  use  of  inspectors  at 
posts  and  depots.  Articles  "  to  be  sold  at  post "  are  such  as  are  of  no  further 
public  use,  or  not  worth  cost  of  transportation  to  a  depot.  Those  "  to  be 
turned  into  depot"  are  such  as  can  not  be  repaired  at  the  post,  and  are 
worth  cost  of  transportation. 

884.  Public  property  in  use  will  not  be  reported  as  unserviceable,  nor 
condemned  by  an  inspector  merely  because  worn  or  shabby  in  appearance, 
when  really  strong  and  serviceable. 


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885.  Great  care  will  be  taken  to  prevent  i)roperty  once  condemned  and 
ordered  dropped  from  the  returns  from  being  again  presented  for  inspection. 
When  public  property  is  presented  to  an  inspector  for  condemnation  the 
officer  responsible  will  certify  on  the  inventory  that  the  property  has  not 
been  previously  condemned. 

886.  Inspectors  will,  when  practicable,  cause  the  destruction  in  their 
presence  of  all  property  found  to  be  worthless  and  which  is  without  money 
value  at  or  near  the  place  of  inspection,  and  will  state  in  their  reports  that 
"  the  articles  recommended  to  be  destroyed  have  no  money  value  at  or  near 
the  post."  The  action  of  an  inspector  on  property  of  this  character  will  be 
final,  and  his  report  will  be  a  valid  voucher  for  the  responsible  officer. 
When  property  thus  condemned  is  not  destroyed  in  the  presence  of  the 
inspector  the  responsible  officer  will  certify  to  the  fact  of  subsequent 
destruction  in  his  presence. 

8  8  "7.  An  inspection  report  on  damaged  clothing  will  set  forth  the  amount 
of  damage  to  each  article  ;  also  a  list  of  such  articles  as  are  fit  for  issue  to 
prisoners,  or,  at  reduced  prices,  to  enlisted  men  willing  to  receive  them. 

888.  Department  commanders,  the  commander  of  an  army  in  the  field, 
or  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army,  may  give  orders,  on  the  reports 
of  authorized  inspectors,  to  sell,  destroy,  or  make  such  other  disposition  of 
condemned  property  as  the  case  may  require,  except  the  sale  of  ordnance 
and  ordnance  stores  and  the  destruction  of  saddles  issued  by  the  Ordnance 
Department,  for  which  the  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War  must  be  given. 
If  the  property  be  of  considerable  value,  and  there  be  good  reason  to  sup- 
pose  that  it  can  be  more  advantageously  applied  or  disposed  of  elsewhere 
than  within  the  command,  the  matter  will  be  referred  to  the  War  Depart- 
ment through  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

889.  Orders  for  the  final  disposition  of  condemned  property  will  be 
indorsed  by  the  proper  authority  on  the  inspection  reports,  each  copy 
being  made  complete  in  itself.  One  will  be  forwarded,  through  military 
channels,  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  and  the  others  to  the 
accountable  officer,  who  will  forward  one,  or  suitable  extracts  therefrom, 
with  his  accounts,  and  file  the  other  with  his  retained  papers. 

ARTICLE   LXXIII. 
Judge- Advocate-General's  Department. 

890.  The  Judge- Advocate-General's  Department  is  the  bureau  of  military 
justice.  The  J  udge- Advocate-General  is  the  custodian  of  the  records  of  all 
general  courts-martial,  courts  of  inquiry,  and  military  commissions,  and  of 
all  papers  relating  to  the  title  of  lands  under  the  control  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment, except  the  Washington  Aqueduct  and  the  public  buildings  and 
gi'ounds  in  the  District  of  Columbia.  The  officers  of  this  department  ren- 
der opinions  upon  legal  questions  when  called  upon  by  proper  authority. 

891.  The  judge-advocate  of  each  department,  or  the  officer  acting  as 
such,  will,  as  soon  as  practicable  after  August  31  of  each  year,  render  to 
the  Judge- Advocate-General  a  report  for  the  year  terminating  on  that  date, 
giving  the  number  and  character  of  cases  tried  by  courts-martial  in  the 
department  during  the  period.     This  report  will  separately  classify  the  trials 


126  ARREST   AND    CONFINEMENT. 

of  officers  and  enlisted  men,  and  show  whether  by  general,  garrison,  or 
summary  courts,  the  number  of  acquittals  in  each  class  and  the  number  of 
different  men  tried  by  inferior  courts,  and  contain  his  recommendations 
and  remarks  touching  the  administration  of  military  justice. 

892.  The  original  proceedings  of  all  general  courts-martial,  courts  of 
inquiry,  and  military  commissions,  with  the  decisions  and  orders  of  the 
reviewing  authorities  made  thereon,  and  the  proceedings  of  all  general 
courts-martial,  courts  of  inquiry,  and  military  commissions  which  require 
the  confirmation  of  the  President,  but  which  have  not  been  appointed  by 
him,  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  Judge- Advocate-General.  One  copy  of 
the  order  promulgating  the  action  of  the  court,  and  a  copy  of  every  subse- 
quent order  affecting  the  case,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Judge- Advocate- 
General,  with  the  record  of  each  case.  When  more  than  one  case  is 
embraced  in  a  single  order,  a  sufficient  number  of  copies  will  be  forwarded 
to  enable  one  to  be  filed  with  each  record.  The  proceedings  of  all  courts 
and  military  commissions  appointed  by  the  President  will  be  sent  direct  to 
the  Secretary  of  War. 

893.  Judge-advocates  and  acting  judge-advocates  will  forward  to  the 
Judge- Advocate-General,  on  Juae  30  each  year,  with  the  reports  prescribed 
in  paragraph  197,  lists  of  the  law  books  for  which  they  are  responsible. 

894.  Applications  of  officers,  enlisted  men,  and  military  prisoners  for 
copies  of  proceedings  of  general  courts-martial,  to  be  furnished  them  under 
the  114th  Article  of  War,  will,  when  received  by  post  or  other  commanders, 
be  forwarded  direct  to  the  Judge- Advocate-General. 

895.  Communications  relating  to  proceedings  of  military  courts  on  file 
in  the  Judge- Advocate-General's  Department  will  be  addressed  and  for- 
warded direct  by  department  commanders  to  the  Judge-Advocate-General. 
In  routine  matters,  the  Judge- Advocate-General  and  judge-advocates  may 
correspond  with  each  other  direct. 

896.  The  reports  which  the  Judge-Advocate-General  may  render  upon 
cases  received  by  him,  and  which  require  the  action  of  the  President,  will 
be  addressed  to  the  Secretary  of  War  and  will  be  forwarded,  through  the 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army,  for  such  remarks  and  recommendations 
as  he  may  see  fit  to  make. 

ARTICLE   LXXIV. 

Arrest  and  Confinement. 

897.  Commanding  officers  only  have  power  to  place  officers  in  arrest, 
except  as  provided  in  the  24th  Article  of  War.  An  arrest  may  be  ordered 
by  the  commanding  officer,  in  person  or  through  his  staff  officer,  orally  or 
in  writing. 

898.  An  officer  arrested  will  repair  at  once  to  his  tent  or  quarters,  and 
there  remain  until  more  extended  limits  have  been  granted  by  the  command- 
ing officer,  on  written  application.  Close  confinement  will  not  be  enforced 
except  in  cases  of  a  serious  nature. 

899.  Officers  will  not  be  placed  in  arrest  for  light  offenses.  For  these 
the  censure  of  the  commanding  officer  will  generally  answer  the  purpose  of 
discipline.    Whenever  a  commanding  officer  places  an  officer  in  arrest  and 


ARREST   AND    CONFINEMENT.  127 

releases  him  without  preferring  charges,  he  will  make  a  written  report  of 
his  action  to  the  department  commander,  stating  the  cause.  The  depart- 
ment commander,  if  he  thinks  the  occasion  requires,  w^ll  call  on  the  officer 
arrested  for  any  explanation  he  may  desire  to  make,  and  take  such  other 
action  as  he  may  think  necessary,  forwarding  the  papers  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  for  file  with  the  officer's  record,  or  for  further  action. 

900.  A  medical  officer,  charged  with  the  commission  of  an  offense,  need 
not  be  placed  in  arrest  until  the  court-martial  for  his  trial  convenes  if  the 
service  would  be  inconvenienced  thereby,  unless  the  charge  is  of  a  flagrant 
character. 

901.  An  officer  in  arrest  will  not  wear  a  sword  nor  visit  officially  his  com- 
manding or  other  superior  officer,  unless  directed  to  do  so.  His  applications 
and  requests  of  every  nature  will  be  made  in  writing. 

902.  On  the  march,  field  officers  and  noncommissioned  staff  officers  in 
arrest  will  follow  in  the  rear  of  their  respective  regiments,  and  company 
officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  in  arrest,  in  rear  of  their  respective 
companies,  unless  otherwise  specially  directed. 

903.  Enlisted  men  serving  sentences  of  confinement,  not  involving  dis- 
honorable discharge,  will  be  designated  "garrison  prisoners;"  those  sen- 
tenced to  dishonorable  discharge,  "  general  prisoners." 

904.  Noncommissioned  officers  will  not  be  confined  at  the  guardhouse  in 
company  with  privates,  except  in  aggravated  cases  or  where  escape  is  feared, 
but  will  be  placed  in  arrest  in  their  barracks  or  quarters. 

905.  Except  as  provided  in  the  24th  Article  of  War  or  when  restraint  is 
necessary,  no  soldier  will  be  confined  without  the  order  of  an  officer,  who 
shall  previously  inquire  into  his  offense. 

906.  The  arrest  of  a  noncommissioned  officer  or  the  confinement  of  a 
soldier  will,  as  soon  as  practicable,  be  reported  to  his  company  or  detach- 
ment commander  by  the  officer  authorizing  the  arrest. 

907.  Prisoners  awaiting  trial  by,  or  undergoing  sentence  of,  general 
court-martial,  and  those  confined  for  serious  offenses  will,  if  practicable, 
be  kept  apart  from  those  confined  by  sentence  of  an  inferior  court,  or  for 
minor  offenses.  Enlisted  men  awaiting  trial  or  awaiting  result  of  trial  will 
not  be  sent  to  work  with  garrison  or  general  prisoners  if  it  can  be  avoided, 
and  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  commanding  officer,  be  required  to  attend 
drills,  or  sent  to  work  under  charge  of  a  sentinel  during  the  usual  working 
hours.  General  prisoners  will  not  be  confined  with  other  prisoners  except 
in  cases  of  necessity. 

90 §.  All  persons  under  guard  without  written  charges  will  be  released 
by  the  old  officer  of  the  day  at  guard  mounting,  unless  specific  orders  to  the 
contrary  have  been  given  in  each  case  by  the  commanding  officer. 

909.  Prisoners  will  not  be  placed  in  irons  except  under  sentence  of  court- 
martial,  or  in  the  extraordinary  case  of  a  prisoner  who,  in  the  judgment  of 
the  commanding  officer,  is  a  desperate  or  dangerous  character,  and  in  each 
such  case  report  of  action  and  the  circumstances  will  be  immediately  made 
to  the  department  commander.  A  prisoner  may  be  shackled  or  handcuffed 
while  being  transported  from  one  post  to  another,  or  from  a  post  to  a  peni- 
tentiary when,  in  the  judgment  of  the  officer  in  charge,  the  escape  of  the 
prisoner  can  not  otherwise  be  prevented. 


128  ARREST    AND    CONFINEMENT. 

910.  The  Secretary  of  War  will  designate  certain  posts  as  places  where 
general  prisoners  sentenced  to  confinement  for  six  months  or  more  shall 
serve  their  sentences.  Special  rules  and  regulations  will  be  promulgated 
by  the  War  Department  to  govern  the  enforcement  of  discipline,  the  methods 
of  guarding,  and  the  treatment  of  these  prisoners,  also  the  measure  of  labor 
to  be  imposed  and  the  character  of  clothing  and  diet  to  be  furnished  them. 

911.  Prisoners  will  be  forwarded  from  places  where  tried  to  posts  at 
which  thej^  are  sentenced  to  serve  confinement  only  on  orders  of  department 
commanders  or  higher  authority.  The  strength  of  guards  to  accomiiany 
them  will  be  limited  to  the  necessities  of  safe  delivery.  The  commanding 
officer  of  a  posj:  from  which  a  prisoner  is  transferred  will  send  under  seal  to 
the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  where  the  sentence  of  confinement  is  to 
be  executed  the  following  papers  in  his  case,  viz:  Discharge  papers,  if  dis- 
charged, descriptive  list,  orders  promulgating  and  modifying  sentences, 
statement  of  conduct  while  under  sentence  to  date  of  transfer,  and  a  list  of 
clothing  in  possession  of  the  prisoner  when  forwarded. 

91ti.  All  serviceable  clothing  which  belongs  to  a  prisoner,  and  his  blan- 
kets, will  accompany  him  to  the  post  designated  for  his  confinement,  and  will 
ba  fully  itemized  on  the  clothing  list  mentioned  in  the  preceding  paragraph. 
The  guard  in  charge  of  the  prisoner  during  transfer  will  be  furnished  with 
a  duplicate  of  this  list  and  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  delivery  of  all 
articles  itemized  therein,  with  the  prisoner.  At  least  one  serviceable  woolen 
blanket  will  be  sent  with  every  such  prisoner  so  transferred. 

913.  The  personal  effects  of  military  prisoners  ^vho  have  escaped  from 
confinement,  except  such  as  possess  some  special  value  as  keepsakes,  maybe 
disposed  of  by  sale  as  in  the  case  of  effects  of  deceased  soldiers,  and  the 
proceeds  thereof,  together  with  any  money  left  by  the  prisoner  in  the  hands 
of  the  company  commander,  be  turned  over  to  a  paymaster,  who  should 
account  for  the  same  in  the  manner  provided  for  paymasters'  collections. 
The  officer  will  take  the  paymaster's  receipt  for  the  amount  paid  him  and 
forward  the  same  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department. 

914.  A  general  prisoner,  when  released  from  confinement  at  a  post,  will 
be  carefully  examined  and  a  record  of  all  marks,  scars  and  physical  peculi- 
arities made  by  a  medical  officer  on  the  outline  figure  card  used  in  the 
examination  of  recruits,  which  the  medical  officer  will  forward  direct  to 
the  Surgeon-General. 

915.  Prisoners  will  be  allowed  in  abatement  of  their  terms  of  confine- 
ment five  days  for  each  period  of  twenty-five  days  during  the  whole  of  which 
their  conduct  has  been  good ;  but  abatements  thus  earned  may  be  forfeited, 
either  in  whole  or  in  part,  by  subsequent  misconduct.  Such  forfeitures  are 
determined  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  where  a  prisoner  is  con- 
fined. 

916.  The  power  to  pardon  or  mitigate  punishment  imposed  by  a  court- 
martial,  vested  in  the  authority  which  confirms  the  proceedings,  extends  only 
to  unexecuted  portions  of  a  sentence,  and  continues  only  while  the  prisoner 
remains  under  the  jurisdiction  of  that  authority ;  the  fact  that  a  soldier  has 
been  dishonorably  discharged  through  his  sentence  does  not  affect  this 
power.  An  application  for  clemency  in  case  of  a  general  prisoner  sentenced 
to  confinement  in  a  penitentiary  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Secretary  of  War 
for  the  action  of  the  President. 


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•    ARTICLE   LXXV. 

Courts-Martial. 

917.  The  order  appointing  a  court-martial  will  name  its  members  in 
order  of  rank,  and  thej^  will  sit  according  to  rank  as  announced.  A  deci- 
sion of  the  appointing  authority  as  to  the  number  that  can  be  assembled 
without  injury  to  the  service  is  conclusive. 

918.  The  place  of  holding  a  court  is  designated  by  the  authority  appoint- 
ing it.  Courts  will  be  assembled  at  posts  or  stations  where  trial  or  exami- 
nation will  be  attended  with  the  least  expense.  A  member  stationed  at  the 
place  where  it  sits  is  liable  to  duty  with  his  command  during  adjournment 
from  day  to  day.  Courts  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  hold  their  sessions  so  as 
to  interfere  least  with  ordinary  routine  duties,  and  when  necessary  for  the 
sake  of  immediate  example  it  will  be  ordered  to  sit  without  regard  to  hours. 

9 1 9.  A  president  of  the  court  will  not  be  announced.  The  officer  highest 
in  rank  present  will  act  as  president. 

920.  A  court-martial  has  no  power  to  punish  its  members,  but  for  dis- 
orderly conduct  a  member  is  liable  as  for  other  offenses  against  military 
discipline.  Improper  words  used  by  him  should  be  taken  in  writing,  and 
any  disorderly  conduct  reported  to  the  appointing  authority. 

921.  When  a  court  sits  in  closed  session  the  judge-advocate  will  with- 
draw, and  when  legal  advice  or  assistance  is  required,  it  will  be  obtained  in 
open  court. 

922.  The  judge-advocate  will  summon  the  necessary  witnesses  for  the 
trial,  but  will  not  summon  witnesses  at  the  expense  of  the  Government 
without  the  order  of  the  court  unless  satisfied  that  their  testimony  is  mate- 
rial and  necessary. 

923.  Judge-advocates  of  military  courts,  in  issuing  process  under  section 
1202,  Revised  Statutes,  to  compel  the  attendance,  as  witnesses,  of  persons  not 
in  the  military  service,  will  formally  direct  the  same  to  an  officer  designated 
by  the  department  commander  to  execute  it.  The  nearest  military  com- 
mander will  furnish  the  necessary  military  force  for  the  execution  of  the 
process,  if  force  be  required.     A  subpoena  may  be  served  by  any  person. 

924.  Judge-advocates  of  courts-martial  will,  whenever  it  is  possible,  send 
subpoenas  through  military  channels. 

925.  Ai  officer  or  enlisted  man  who  receives  a  summons  to  attend  as  a 
witness  before  any  military  court,  board,  civil  court,  or  other  tribunal  com- 
petent to  issue  subpoenas,  which  is  sitting  beyond  the  limits  of  the  depart- 
ment where  he  is  serving,  will,  before  starting  to  obey  the  summons,  forward 
it  through  the  proper  channel  to  his  department  commander,  that  necessary 
orders,  or  authority  to  obey  a  civil  process,  may  be  given.  In  urgent 
cases,  or  when  the  public  interest  would  be  liable  to  suffer  by  delay,  a  post 
commander  may  authorize  immediate  departure,  reporting  his  action  and 
reasons  therefor  to  the  department  commander. 

926.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  post  where  a  general  court-martial  is 
convened  will,  at  the  request  of  any  prisoner  who  is  to  be  arraigned,  detail 
as  counsel  for  his  defense  a  suitable  officer,  one  not  directly  responsible  for 
the  discipline  of  an  organization  serving  thereat,  nor  acting  as  a  summary 
court.    If  there  be  no  such  officer  available  the  fact  will  be  reported  to  the 

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130  COURTS-MARTIAL. 

appointing  authority  for  action.  An  officer  so  detailed  should  perform  such 
duties  as  usually  devolve  upon  counsel  for  defendant  before  civil  courts 
in  criminal  cases.  As  such  counsel  he  should  guard  the  interests  of  the 
prisoner  by  all  honorable  and  legitimate  means  known  to  the  law. 

927.  Charges  against  an  enlisted  man  forwarded  to  the  authority  com- 
petent to  appoint  a  general  court  for  his  trial  will  be  accompanied  by  a 
statement  in  the  prescribed  form  setting  forth  the  dates  of  his  present  and 
former  enlistments,  the  character  upon  each  of  the  discharges  given  him, 
and  the  date  of  his  confinement  for  the  offenses  alleged  in  the  charges.  This 
statement  is  intended  simply  for  the  information  of  the  convening  authority, 
and  will  not  be  introduced  in  evidence  nor  made  a  part  of  the  record  of  the 
trial,  but  will  be  returned  to  the  convening  authority  with  the  record. 

928.  Commanding  officers  will,  before  forwarding  charges,  personally 
investigate  them,  and,  by  indorsement  on  the  charges,  will  certify  that  they 
have  made  such  investigation,  and  whether,  in  their  opinion,  the  charges 
can  be  sustained. 

929.  In  every  case  where  evidence  of  previous  convictions  is  admissible, 
and  the  accused  is  convicted  of  the  offense,  the  court,  after  determining 
its  findings  and  before  awarding  sentence,  will  be  opened  for  the  purpose 
of  ascertaining  whether  there  be  such  evidence ;  and  if  so,  of  hearing  it. 
These  convictions  must  be  proved  by  extracts  from  the  records  of  previous 
trials,  or  by  duly  authenticated  orders  promulgating  the  same.  The  proper 
evidence  of  previous  convictions  by  summary  court  is  the  copy  of  the  sum- 
mary court  record  furnished  to  company  and  other  commanders,  as  required 
by  paragraph  932,  or  one  furnished  for  the  purpose,  and  certified  to  be  a  true 
copy  by  the  post  commander  or  adjutant.  When  the  proof  produced  is  the 
copy  furnished  to  the  company  or  other  commander,  it  will  be  returned 
to  him  and  a  copy  of  it  attached  to  the  record  of  the  general,  rejgimental, 
or  garrison  court  trying  the  case.  Charges  forwarded  to  the  authority 
ordering  a  general  court,  or  submitted  to  a  summary,  garrison,  or  regimental 
court,  must  be  accompanied  by  the  proper  evidence  of  previous  convictions, 
when  such  evidence  is  admissible. 

930.  Commanding  officers  are  not  required  to  bring  every  dereliction  of 
duty  before  a  court  for  trial,  but  will  endeavor  to  prevent  their  recurrence 
by  admonitions,  withholding  of  privileges,  and  taking  such  steps  as  may  be 
necessary  to  enforce  their  orders. 

931.  Noncommissioned  officers  above  the  rank  of  corporal  will  not,  if 
they  object  thereto,  be  brought  to  trial  before  regimental,  garrison,  or  sum- 
mary courts-martial,  without  the  authority  of  the  officer  competent  to  order 
their  trial  by  general  court-martial ;  nor  will  sergeants  of  the  post  non- 
commissioned staff  or  hospital  stewards  be  reduced,  but  they  may  be  dis- 
honorably discharged  whenever  reduction  is  included  in  the  limit  of  pun- 
ishment. 

932.  Charges  preferred  for  offenses  cognizable  by  inferior  courts  w^ll 
be  laid  before  the  post  commander,  who,  if  he  thinks  that  the  accused 
should  be  tried,  will  cause  him  to  be  brought  before  the  summary  court, 
where  he  will  be  arraigned  and  allowed  to  plead  according  to  prevailing 
court-martial  practice.  If  an  accused  neither  demands  a  removal  of  his  case 
to  a  regimental  or  garrison  court,  nor  (he  being  a  noncommissioned  officer 
above  the  grade  of  corporal)  objects  to  trial  by  an  inferior  court,  nor  pleads 
guilty,  and  the  summary  court  officer  is  not  the  accuser,  witnesses  will  be 


COURTS-MARTIAL.  131 

sworn  and  evidence  received— the  accused  being  permitted  to  testify  in  his 
own  behalf  and  make  a  statement ;  but  the  evidence  and  statement  will  not 
be  recorded.  The  summary  court,  as  soon  as  trial  is  concluded,  will  record 
its  findings  and  sentence  in  the  prescribed  record  book  and  submit  it  to  the 
post  commander,  who  will  record  therein  his  approval  or  disapproval,  in 
part  or  whole,  with  date  and  signature.  Should  the  post  commander  be  the 
summary  court,  the  findings  and  sentence  will  be  recorded  in  like  manner. 
No  other  record  of  the  proceedings  will  be  kept,  and  such  trials  will  not  be 
published  in  orders.  Post  commanders  will  furnish  company  and  other 
commanders  with  copies  of  the  summary  court  record  relating  to  men  of 
their  commands,  said  copies  to  be  certified  to  be  true  copies  by  the  post 
commander  or  adjutant. 

933.  When  a  post  commander  sits  as  a  summary  court,  no  approval  of 
the  sentence  is  required  by  law,  but  he  should  sign  the  sentence  as  post 
commander  and  date  his  signature. 

934.  Charges  submitted  for  trial  by  a  summary  court  should  be  accom- 
panied by  evidence  of  previous  convictions,  to  be  furnished  when  practicable 
by  the  officer  preferring  the  charges ;  or  if  the  evidence  is  contained  in  the 
summary  court  record  book,  a  reference  to  it  will  be  sufficient.  If  this  evi- 
dence is  not  submitted  or  cited,  the  summary  court  may  take  judicial  notice 
of  any  such  evidence  which  that  book  contains. 

935.  The  summary  court  will  be  opened  at  a  stated  hour  every  morn- 
ing except  Sunday,  for  the  trial  of  such  cases  as  may  properly  be  brought 
before  it.  Trials  will  be  had  on  Sunday  only  when  the  exigencies  of  the 
service  make  it  necessary.  The  commanding  officer,  and  not  the  court, 
will  determine  when  and  what  cases  shall  be  brought  before  it.  Delay 
in  the  trial  of  a  soldier  by  summary  court  does  not  invalidate  the  proceed- 
ings, but  may  be  considered  by  the  court  in  awarding  sentence. 

936.  Summary  courts  are  subject  to  the  restrictions  named  in  the  83d 
Article  of  War.  Soldiers  against  whom  charges  may  be  preferred  for  trial 
by  summary  court  will  not  be  confined  in  the  guardliouse,  but  will  be  placed 
in  arrest  in  quarters,  before  and  during  trial  and  while  awaiting  sentence, 
except  when  in  particular  cases  restraint  may  be  necessary. 

937.  Whenever,  under  the  provisions  of  the  summary  court  act,  it  becomes 
necessary  to  convene  a  garrison  or  regimental  court,  the  order  appointing 
it  will  state  the  fact  that  brings  the  case  within  the  exceptions  of  the  law. 

938.  Whenever  by  any  of  the  Articles  of  War  punishment  is  left  to  the 
discretion  of  the  court,  it  shall  not,  in  time  of  peace,  be  in  excess  of  a  limit 
which  the  President  may  prescribe.  The  limits  so  prescribed  are  set  forth 
in  the  Manual  for  Courts-Martial,  published  by  authority  of  the  Secretary 
of  War. 

939.  Sentences  imposing  tours  of  guard  duty  are  forbidden. 

940.  When  the  sentence  of  a  court-martial  prescribes  imprisonment,  the 
court  will  state  therein  whether  the  prisoner  shall  be  confined  in  a  peniten- 
tiary or  at  a  post,  being  guided  in  its  determination  by  the  97th  Article  of 
War. 

941.  General  courts-martial  may  sentence  soldiers  to  confinement  in  a 
penitentiary  for  offenses  which  are  thus  punishable  by  some  statute  of  the 
United  States  or  by  a  statute  or  the  common  law  of  the  State,  Territory,  or 
District  in  which  the  offenses  are  committed.    Department  commanders  will 


132  COURTS-MARTIAL. 

designate  the  United  States  Penitentiary  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  as 
the  place  of  execution  of  such  sentences,  in  cases  in  which  the  term  of  con- 
finement imposed  is  more  than  one  year.  If  any  State  or  Territory  within  a 
military  department  has  made  provision  by  law  for  the  confinement  of  such 
prisoners  in  its  penitentiaries,  the  department  commander,  with  the  approval 
of  the  Secretary  of  War,  may  designate  one  as  the  place  of  execution  of 
sentence. 

942.  When  the  court  has  sentenced  a  prisoner  to  confinement  at  a  post, 
no  power  is  competent  to  increase  the  punishment  by  designating  a  peniten- 
tiary as  the  place  of  confinement. 

943.  When  a  sentence  of  confinement  or  forfeiture  is  in  excess  of  the 
legal  limit,  the  part  within  the  limit  is  legal  and  may  be  executed. 

944.  When  the  date  for  the  commencement  of  a  term  of  confinement 
imposed  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial  is  not  expressly  fixed  by  the  sentence, 
the  term  of  confinement  begins  on  the  date  of  the  order  promulgating  it. 
The  sentence  is  continuous  until  the  term  expires,  except  when  the  person 
sentenced  is  absent  without  authority. 

945.  The  order  promulgating  the  proceedings  of  a  court  and  the  action 
of  the  reviewing  authority  will,  when  practicable,  be  of  the  same  date. 
When  this  is  not  practicable,  the  order  will  give  the  date  of  the  action  of  the 
reviewing  authority  as  the  date  of  the  beginning  of  the  sentence.  This  does 
not  apply  to  sentences  of  forfeiture  of  all  pa}^  and  allow^ances.  A  soldier 
awaiting  result  of  trial  will  not  be  paid  before  the  result  is  known. 

946.  The  authority  which  has  designated  the  place  of  confinement,  or 
higher  authority,  may  change  the  place  of  confinement  of  any  prisoner 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  such  authority. 

9i7.  A  sentence  to  confinement,  with  or  without  forfeiture  of  pay,  can 
not  become  operative  prior  to  the  date  of  confirmation.  If  it  be  proper  to 
take  into  consideration  the  length  of  confinement  to  which  the  prisoner  has 
been  subjected  previous  to  such  confirmation,  it  may  be  done  by  mitigation 
of  sentence. 

948.  When  soldiers  awaiting  result  of  trial  or  undergoing  sentence  com- 
mit offenses  for  which  they  are  tried,  the  second  sentence  will  be  executed 
upon  the  expiration  of  the  first. 

949.  A  sentence  adjudging  a  dishonorable  discharge,  to  take  effect  at 
such  period  during  a  term  of  confinement  as  may  be  designated  by  the 
reviewing  authority,  is  illegal. 

950.  The  time  at  which  a  dishonorable  discharge  is  to  take  effect,  as 
fixed  by  a  sentence,  can  not  be  postponed  by  the  reviewing  officer. 

951.  When  a  sentence  imposes  forfeiture  of  pay,  or  of  a  stated  portion 
thereof,  for  a  certain  number  of  months,  it  stops  for  each  of  those  months 
the  amount  stated.  Thus:  "Ten  dollars  of  monthly  pay  for  one  year" 
would  be  a  stoppage  of  $120.  When  the  sentence  is  silent  as  to  the  date  of 
commencement  of  forfeiture  of  pay,  the  forfeiture  will  begin  at  the  date  of 
promulgation  of  the  sentence  in  orders,  and  will  not  apply  to  pay  which 
accrued  previous  to  that  date. 


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952.  An  order  remitting  a  forfeiture  of  pay  operates  only  on  the  pay  to 
become  due  subsequent  to  the  date  of  the  order. 

953.  Notwithstanding  a  sentence  contemplates  payment  of  a  stated  sum 
to  a  soldier  upon  his  release  from  confinement,  it  can  not  be  made  unless 
there  is  a  sufficient  balance  to  his  credit  after  all  authorized  stoppages  are 
deducted. 

954.  Every  court-martial  will  keep  a  complete  and  accurate  record  of  its 
proceedings,  which  will  be  authenticated  in  each  case  by  the  signatures  of 
the  president  and  judge-advocate,  the  latter  affixing  his  signature  to  each 
day's  proceedings. 

955.  The  judge-advocate  will  transmit  the  proceedings  without  delay  to 
the  officer  having  authority  to  confirm  the  sentence,  who  will  state  at  the 
end  of  the  proceedings  in  each  case  his  decision  and  orders. 

956.  The  complete  proceedings  of  a  garrison  or  regimental  court  will  be 
transmitted  without  delay  by  the  post  or  regimental  commander  to  depart- 
ment headquarters. 

957.  When  the  record  of  a  court  exhibits  error  in  preparation,  or  seem- 
ingly erroneous  conclusions,  the  reviewing  authority  may  reconvene  the 
court  for  a  reconsideration  of  its  action,  pointing  out  defects.  Should 
the  court  concur  in  the  views  submitted,  it  will  proceed  by  amendment  to 
correct  its  errors,  and  may  modify  or  complstely  change  its  findings.  A 
reopening  of  the  case,  by  calling  or  recalling  witnesses,  is  illegal. 

958.  The  employment  of  a  stenographic  reporter,  under  section  1203, 
Revised  Statutes,  is  authorized  for  general  courts  only,  and  in  cases  where 
the  convening  authority  considers  it  necessary.  The  convening  authority 
may  also,  when  necessary,  authorize  the  detail  of  an  enlisted  man  to  assist 
the  judge-advocate  of  a  general  court  in  preparing  the  record. 

959.  When  a  reporter  is  employed  under  section  1203,  Revised  Statutes, 
he  will  be  paid  not  to  exceed  $10  a  day  during  the  whole  period  of  absence 
from  his  residence,  traveling  or  on  duty,  which  shall  be  in  full  for  taking 
and  transcribing  all  notes,  making  such  number  of  copies  to  be  made  at  one 
writing  as  the  judge-advocate  may  require,  and,  unless  otherwise  specially 
ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  in  full  for  all  services  rendered  and  expenses 
incurred  by  the  reporter.  In  special  cases,  when  authorized  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  stenographic  reporters  may  be  employed  at  rates  not  exceeding 
25  cents  per  folio  (one  hundred  words)  for  taking  and  transcribing  the  notes 
in  shorthand,  or  10  cents  per  folio  for  other  notes,  exhibits,  and  appendices. 
Reporters  will  be  paid  by  the  Pay  Department  on  the  certificate  of  the 
judge-advocate. 

960.  No  person  in  the  military  or  civil  service  of  the  Government  can 
lawfully  receive  extra  compensation  for  clerical  duties  performed  for  a 
military  court. 

96 1 .  Interpreters  to  courts-martial  are  paid  by  the  Pay  Department  upon 
the  certificate  of  the  judge-advocate  that  they  were  employed  by  order  of 
the  court.  They  will  be  allowed  the  pay  and  allowances  of  civilian 
witnesses. 


134  CIVILIAN    WITNESSES CIVIL    COUNSEL. 

ARTICLE    LXXVI. 

Civilian  Witnesses. 

962.  Civilians  in  the  employ  of  the  Government  when  traveling  upon 
summons  as  witnesses  before  military  courts  are  entitled  to  transportation 
in  kind  from  their  place  of  residence  to  the  place  where  the  court  is  in  ses- 
sion and  return.  If  no  transportation  be  furnished  they  are  entitled  to 
reimbursement  of  the  cost  of  travel  actually  performed  by  the  shortest 
usuallv  traveled  route,  including  transfers  to  and  from  railway  stations,  at 
rates  not  exceeding  50  cents  for  each  transfer,  and  the  cost  of  a  double  berth 
in  a  sleeping  car  or  steamer  when  an  extra  charge  is  made  therefor.  They 
are  also  entitled  to  reimbursement  of  the  actual  cost  of  meals  and  rooms  at 
a  rate  not  exceeding  $3  per  day  for  each  day  actually  and  unavoidably  con- 
sumed in  travel  or  in  attendance  upon  the  court  under  the  order  or  sum- 
mons. No  allowance  will  be  made  to  them  when  attendance  upon  court 
does  not  require  them  to  leave  their  stations. 

963.  A  civilian  not  in  Government  employ  duly  summoned  to  appear  as 
a  witness  before  a  military  court  w^ill  receive  $1.50  for  each  day  actually 
and  unavoidably  consumed  in  travel  or  in  attendance  upon  the  court  under 
the  summons,  and  5  cents  a  mile  for  going  from  his  place  of  residence  to 
the  place  of  trial  or  hearing  and  5  cents  a  mile  for  returning.  Civilian 
witnesses  will  be  paid  by  the  Pay  Department. 

964.  The  charges  for  return  journeys  of  witnesses  will  be  made  upon 
the  basis  of  the  actual  charges  allowed  for  travel  to  the  court,  and  the  entire 
account  thus  completed  will  be  paid  upon  discharge  from  attendance,  with- 
out waiting  for  completion  of  return  travel. 

965.  The  items  of  expenditure  authorized  in  paragraphs  962  and  963  will 
be  set  forth  in  detail  and  made  a  part  of  each  voucher  for  reimbursement. 
No  other  items  will  be  allowed.  The  correctness  of  the  items  will  be  attested 
by  the  affidavit  of  the  witness,  to  be  made  when  practicable  before  the  judge- 
advocate,  and  the  voucher  will  be  accompanied  by  the  original  summons  or 
a  duly  certified  copy  thereof.  The  certificate  of  the  judge-advocate  will  be 
evidence  of  the  fact  and  period  of  attendance,  and  will  be  made  upon  the 
voucher. 

966.  Compensation  to  civilians  in  or  out  of  Government  employ  for 
attendance  upon  civil  courts  is  payable  by  the  civil  authorities. 

ARTICLE   LXXVII. 

.  Employment  of  Civil  Counsel.    Habeas  Corpus. 

967.  The  employment  of  counsel  at  the  expense  of  the  United  States  is 
under  the  direction  of  the  Department  of  Justice. 

968.  When  a  necessity  arises  for  an  attorney  or  counselor  to  defend  or 
advise  officers  and  others  connected  with  the  military  service  in  cases  con- 
nected with  their  public  duties,  request,  with  report  of  the  facts,  will  be 
made  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  through  the  regular  military 
channels,  but  in  cases  which  will  not  admit  of  delay  the  request  may  be 
sent  direct.  The  Adjutant- General  will  promptly  submit  all  such  requests 
to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  reference  to  the  Department  of  Justice.     Officers 


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and  others  in  the  military  service  employing  an  attorney  or  counselor  with- 
out being  specially  authorized  to  do  so  will  be  required  to  pay  the  expenses 
attendant  upon  such  employment. 

969.  Officers  will  make  respectful  returns  in  writing  to  all  writs  of 
habeas  corpus  served  on  them.  When  the  writ  is  issued  by  a  State  authority, 
and  the  person  held  by  the  Army  officer  is  a  civilian  who  has  been  apprehended 
under  a  warrant  of  attachment  to  be  taken  before  a  court-martial  to  testify 
as  a  witness,  the  officer  will  not  produce  the  body,  but  will,  by  his  return, 
set  forth  fully  the  authority  by  which  he  holds  the  person,  and  allege  that 
the  State  authority  is  without  jurisdiction  to  issue  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus, 
and  ask  to  have  the  same  dismissed.  He  will  also  exhibit  to  the  court  or 
officer  issuing  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus  the  warrant  of  attachment  and  the 
subpoena  (and  the  proof  of  the  service  of  the  subpoena)  on  which  the  war- 
rant of  attachment  was  based,  and  also  a  certified  copy  of  the  order  con- 
vening the  court-martial  before  which  he  had  been  commanded  to  take  the 
person. 

970.  Should  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus  issued  by  a  State  court  or  judge  be 
served  upon  an  Army  officer  commanding  him  to  produce  an  enlisted  man 
or  show  cause  for  his  detention,  the  officer  will  decline  to  produce  in  court 
the  body  of  the  person  named  in  the  writ,  but  will  make  respectful  return 
in  writing  to  the  effect  that  the  man  is  a  duly  enlisted  soldier  of  the  United 
States,  and  that  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  has  decided  that  a 
magistrate  or  court  of  a  State  has  no  jurisdiction  in  such  a  case. 

971.  A  writ  of  habeas  corpus  issued  by  a  United  States  court  or  judge 
will  be  promptly  complied  with.  The  person  alleged  to  be  illegally 
restrained  of  his  liberty  will  be  taken  before  the  court  from  which  the  writ 
has  issued,  and  a  return  made  setting  forth  the  reasons  for  his  restraint. 
The  officer  UDon  whom  such  a  writ  is  served  will  at  once  report  the  fact  of 
such  service  direct  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  by  telegraph. 

ARTICLE   LXXVIII. 

Quartermaster's  Department. 

Note.— Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  prepared 
and  published  under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  oflScers 
by  the  Quartermaster-General.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general 
in  their  nature  or  afifect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

GENERAL  DUTIES. 

972.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  pro- 
viding means  of  transportation  of  every  character,  either  under  contract  or 
in  kind,  which  may  be  needed  in  the  movement  of  troops  and  material  of 
war.  It  furnishes  all  public  animals  employed  in  the  service  of  the  Army, 
the  forage  consumed  by  them,  wagons  and  all  articles  necessary  for  their 
use,  except  the  equipment  of  cavalry  and  artillery.  It  furnishes  clothing, 
camp  and  garrison  equipage,  barracks,  storehouses  and  other  buildings ; 
constructs  and  repairs  roads,  railways,  bridges  ;  builds  and  charters  ships, 
boats,  docks  and  wharves  needed  for  military  purposes,  and  attends  to  all 
matters  connected  with  military  operations  which  are  not  expressly  assigned 
to  some  other  bureau  of  the  War  Department. 


136  BARRACKS  AND  QUARTERS. 

973.  Subsistence,  ordnance,  signal,  medical  and  hospital  stores  are  pro- 
cured and  Issued  by  other  bureaus  of  the  War  Department,  but  the  Quar- 
termaster's Department  transports  them  to  the  place  of  issue  and  provides 
storehouses  for  their  preservation  until  consumed, 

974.  General  depots  for  the  collection,  manufacture  and  preservation  of 
quartermaster's  stores  until  required  for  distribution  are  under  the  imme- 
diate control  of  the  Quartermaster-General. 

975.  Officers  serving  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department  will  make 
monthly  estimates  for  funds,  unless  otherwise  authorized,  and  only  for  such 
amounts  as  are  required  for  payment  of  accounts  within  the  periods  esti- 
mated for.  Estimates  will  show  in  detail  the  amounts  required  to  cover  all 
authorized  expenditures,  and  the  purposes  for  which  needed.  Quarter- 
masters will  submit  their  estimates  to  their  immediate  commanding  officers, 
who,  after  action  thereon,  will  forward  them  to  the  adjutant-general  of  the 
department;  he  will  refer  them  to  the  chief  quartermaster  who,  after  con- 
sideration and  revision,  will  consolidate  and  submit  them  to  the  department 
commander  for  approval ;  thereafter  the  chief  quartermaster  will  forward 
them  to  the  Quartermaster-General.  Quartermasters  at  general  depots  and 
independent  posts  will  forward  estimates  of  funds  to  the  Quartermaster- 
General  direct. 

BARRACKS   AND   QUARTERS. 

976.  When  buildings  are  about  to  be  occupied,  allotted,  or  vacated,  an 
inspection  of  them  will  be  made  by  the  quartermaster,  who  will  make  and 
file  a  statement  of  their  condition,  reporting  to  the  commanding  officer  any 
damage  apparently  due  to  carelessness  or  neglect.  Damages  will  be  promptly 
repaired  if  possible. 

977.  Neglect  by  any  officer  or  soldier  to  take  proper  care  of  rooms  or  fur- 
niture used  by  him  is  a  military  offense.  In  case  of  damage,  such  officer  or 
soldier  may  be  allowed  to  pay  cost  of  necessary  repairs  if  the  commanding 
officer  deem  such  payment  sufficient.  Commanding  officers  will  report, 
through  prescribed  channels,  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  their 
proceedings  in  all  cases  under  this  regulation. 

978.  An  annual  inspection  of  the  public  buildings  at  every  post  will  be 
made  on  the  1st  day  of  March  by  the  commanding  officer  and  quarter- 
master. Whenever  March  1  falls  on  Sunday,  the  inspection  will  be  made 
on  the  following  day.  Immediately  after  the  inspection  the  quartermaster 
will  submit  a  report,  upon  the  form  prescribed  for  that  purpose,  giving  a 
description  and  showing  the  condition  and  capacity  of  each  building,  the 
character  and  extent  of  any  additions,  alterations  and  repairs  made  upon 
it  during  the  preceding  year  and  cost  of  same,  also  repairs  needed,  with 
estimates  therefor.  Estimates  for  heating  or  plumbing  will  be  made  sepa- 
rately. Separate  plans,  specifications  and  estimates  in  detail  for  additions 
and  alterations  will  be  submitted  with  the  report.  If  new  buildings  are 
required,  the  necessity  will  be  fully  stated,  and,  if  authorized  by  the  War 
Department,  plans  and  specifications  will  be  prepared  in  the  Quartermaster- 
General's  Office.  The  commanding  officer  will  carefully  examine  the  report 
and  estimates,  and  forward  them,  with  an  expression  of  his  views,  for  the 
Quartermaster-General. 

979.  When  private  buildings  occupied  as  barracks  or  quarters,  or  lands 
occupied  as  encampments,  are  vacated,  the  commanding  officer  and  quarter- 


BARRACKS  AND  QUARTERS.  137 

master  will  make  an  inspection  of  them,  and  the  latter  will  report,  through 
the  prescribed  channel  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  their  condition  and 
any  injury  which  has  resulted  to  them  by  reason  of  such  occupancy 

9§0.  All  public  buildings  at  a  post  will  be  numbered  by  the  quartermas- 
ter, and  thereafter  each  new  building  will  be  given  its  proper  numerical 
designation.  The  number  originally  given  a  building  will  be  retained,  and 
entered  by  the  quartermaster  as  a  permanent  record.  Against  each  build- 
ing he  will  charge  all  expenditures  made  thereon,  noting  sums  authorized, 
authority  therefor  and  amounts  actually  expended,  carefully  itemized, 
showing  separately  the  sums  paid  for  material  and  labor.  All  expenditures 
made  for  the  erection  of  new  buildings,  and  for  additions,  alterations,  or 
repairs  will  be  so  entered  as  to  accurately  exhibit  the  cost  of  each  building 
to  date. 

981.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  provide  in  all  permanent  bar- 
racks a  box  locker  for  each  enlisted  man  for  his  uniform  and  extra  clothing. 
Each  man  will  provide  his  owm  lock. 

9 §2.  Barracks  will  be  supplied  with  chairs,  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  one 
for  each  noncommissioned  officer  and  one  for  every  two  of  the  other  enlisted 
men  quartered  therein. 

983.  China  and  glassware  belonging  to  mess  outfits,  bunks,  mattresses, 
pillows,  benches,  chairs,  tables  and  other  articles  of  furniture  provided  for 
soldiers'  barracks  will  not  be  removed  therefrom  without  the  order  of  the 
post  commander,  nor  will  they  be  removed  from  a  post  or  station  except  by 
order  of  the  War  Department.  Box  lockers,  mattress  covers,  pillowcases, 
bed  sheets  and  barrack  bags  should  be  transported  in  all  changes  of  sta- 
tion, but  will  not  be  taken  into  the  held. 

Allowance  and  Assignment  of  Quarters. 

984.  At  each  post  and  station  where  there  are  public  quarters  in  build- 
ings belonging  to  the  United  States,  the  quartermaster,  under  direction  of 
the  commanding  officer,  will  allot  to  each  officer  the  quarters  to  which  his 
rank  entitles  him. 

985.  At  all  posts  where,  in  the  opinion  of  the  department  commander, 
the  barracks  and  quarters  are  sufficient  for  the  purpose,  the  following  reg- 
ulations will  govern  their  assignment  and  occupation : 

1.  Permanent  quarters  will  be  assigned  to  the  field  and  staff  officers  of  the 
garrison. 

2.  Quarters  for  the  captain  and  lieutenants  of  each  company  will  be  des- 
ignated as  appertaining  to  each  set  of  barracks,  having  reference  to  con- 
venience of  location. 

3.  On  arrival  of  troops,  each  company  will  be  assigned  by  the  command- 
ing officer  to  appropriate  vacant  barracks  and  quarters,  having  due  regard 
to  relative  rank  of  captains  and  their  choice  of  quarters  whenever  two  or 
more  aiTive  at  the  same  time.  Quarters  so  regularly  assigned  will  not  be 
subject  to  choice,  but  any  not  occupied  may  be  chosen  for  temporary  occu- 
pancy by  an  officer,  in  accordance  with  existing  regulations,  subject  how- 
ever to  removal  whenever  an  officer  entitled  to  them  arrives.  The  original 
assignment  of  quarters  at  any  post  or  station  will  be  made  by  a  board  of 
officers  consisting  of  the  commanding  officer,  the  two  senior  line  officers 
present,  the  senior  surgeon  and  the  quartermaster.     Upon  the  department 


138  BARRACKS  AND  QUARTERS. 

commander's  approval  of  the  board's  action,  its  recommendations  will  be 
carried  into  effect  as  soon  as  practicable,  the  department  commander 
causing  the  assignments  to  take  effect  as  changes  occur  in  the  stations  of 
officers  and  troops,  without  removing  any  officer  from  quarters  occupied  by 
him  under  other  existing  regulations. 

9§6.  At  posts  or  stations  where  the  provisions  of  paragraph  985  can  not 
be  applied,  officers  may  make  selection  of  quarters  in  accordance  with  their 
rank,  but  the  commanding  officer  may  direct  that  they  confine  their  selec- 
tion to  buildings  located  near  their  troops.  An  officer  may  select  quarters 
occupied  by  a  junior,  but  should  not  displace  a  junior  if  there  be  quarters 
suitable  to  the  rank  of  the  senior  available,  witli  equal  conveniences  and 
accommodations.  When  an  officer  has  made  his  choice  he  must  abide  by  it, 
and  shall  not  again  displace  a  junior  unless  he  himself  is  displaced  by  a 
senior.  The  particular  rooms  which  constitute  a  set  of  quarters  will  be 
designated  by  the  quartermaster,  under  the  direction  of  the  commanding 
officer;  attics  are  not  counted  as  rooms.  Officers  will  not  choose  rooms 
belonging  to  different  sets. 

987.  An  officer  reporting  for  duty  at  a  post  will,  immediately  upon  his 
arrival,  make  written  application  to  the  commanding  officer  for  quarters. 
If  in  command  of  troops  he  will  apply  for  quarters  for  himself,  for  his  sub- 
ordinate officers,  and  the  enlisted  men  of  his  command.  The  application 
will  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  order  directing  him  to  report  at  the 
station,  and  will  be  referred  to  the  quartermaster  for  proper  action  under 
such  instructions  as  the  commanding  officer  may  indorse  thereon. 

98S.  An  officer  will  not  occupy  more  than  his  proper  allowance  of  quar- 
ters, except  by  permission  of  the  commanding  officer  when  there  is  an  excess 
of  quarters  at  the  station.  The  allowance  will  be  reduced  pro  rata  by  the 
commanding  officer  when  the  number  of  officers  and  troops  present  makes 
it  necessary.  If  the  public  buildings  are  inadequate,  the  commanding  officer 
will  apply,  through  the  department  commander,  to  the  Secretary  of  War 
for  authority  to  hire  necessary  quarters. 

989.  Officers  on  duty  without  troops  at  stations  where  there  are  public 
quarters  will  be  furnished  them  in  kind.  If  insufficient,  application  for 
authority  to  hire  quarters  will  be  made  as  directed  in  paragraph  988. 

990.  At  a  military  post  where  the  headquarters  of  a  department  are 
or  may  be  established,  the  department  commander  may  set  aside  quarters 
for  the  staff,  but  will  not  disturb  assignments  made  under  paragraph  985 
if  it  can  be  avoided.  Quarters  thus  reserved  will  not  be  open  to  selection, 
but  will  be  subject  to  assignment  independent  of  choice. 

991.  An  appropriate  set  of  quarters,  equal  to  those  of  a  captain,  will  beset 
apart  permanently  for  the  chaplain.  He  will  not  be  displaced,  except  by  a 
reduction  when  the  quarters  are  insufficient  for  the  garrison,  and  he  will 
not  then  be  entirely  displaced,  nor  allowed  to  choose  others. 

992.  An  officer's  right  to  quarters  is  solely  one  of  occupancy;  when  he 
and  his  family  cease  to  occupy  them,  except  in  case  of  temporary  absence, 
they  are  open  to  selection  by,  and  reassignment  to,  some  other  officer  on 
duty  at  the  post. 

993.  When  assigned  to  duty  without  troops  or  awaiting  orders  for  the 
convenience  of  the  Government,  officers  will  be  entitled  to  quarters,  but  in 
no  case  will  they  be  furnished  quarters  at  two  stations  at  the  same  time. 


QUARTERS FUEL    AND    STOVES.  139 

094,  A  contract  surgeon  is  entitled  to  the  quarters  stipulated  in  his  con- 
tract, or  commutation  therefor. 

995.  The  allowance  of  quarters  to  which  an  officer  is  entitled  when  on 
duty  may  be  continued  in  kind,  at  his  proper  station,  during  the  period  for 
which  the  law  permits  him  to  be  absent  without  reduction  of  pay  and  allow- 
ances. An  officer  under  suspension  has  the  same  right  to  quarters  as  when 
on  duty  status,  if  present  at  the  post. 

996.  At  a  post  a  room  may  be  set  aside  as  a  mess  room  when  a  majority 
of  its  officers  unite  in  a  mess,  but  never  w;hen  the  officers  to  be  accommo- 
dated are  less  than  three  in  number. 

997.  An  officer  on  sick  leave  is  entitled  to  public  quarters  at  his  station 
during  the  period  of  sick  leave,  not  exceeding  six  months,  provided  he  or 
his  family  occupy  them.  He  may  hold  hired  quarters  only  while  he  is 
personally  an  occupant. 

Fuel  and  Stoves. 

998.  Officers  may  purchase  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department  the 
fuel  actually  needed  for  their  own  use.  For  the  quantity  allowed  them  in 
the  table  contained  in  paragraph  1006,  they  will  pay  at  the  rate  of  $3  per 
cord  for  standard  oak  wood,  or  the  equivalent  thereof  in  other  kinds  of  fuel 
as  determined  by  the  Quartermaster-General.  For  any  additional  quantity 
they  shall  pay  the  contract  price,  or  $3  per  cord  if  the  contract  price  is  less 
than  $3.  Officers  on  the  retired  list,  officers  on  sick  leave  or  under  sentence 
of  suspension  from  duty  on  reduced  pay  when  absent  from  their  proper 
stations,  are  not  entitled  to  this  privilege. 

999.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  may  sell  fuel  in  accordance  with 
the  preceding  paragraph  to  contract  surgeons  and  to  the  families  of  officers 
who  are  temporarily  absent. 

1000.  Officers  who  desire  to  purchase  fuel  of  the  Quartermaster's  De- 
partment will  make  requisition  therefor.  Payment  will  be  made  at  the  time 
of  sale,  and  receipt  given. 

1001.  Fuel  will  be  sold  only  on  the  officer's  certificate  that  it  is  for  his 
personal  or  family  use,  and  he  will  not  sell  or  exchange  it.  The  command- 
ing officer  will  compare  the  requisitions  and  certificates  with  the  quarter- 
master's abstract  of  sales  of  fuel,  and  if  correct,  so  certify  on  the  abstract. 

1002.  Merchantable  oak  wood  is  the  standard ;  the  cord  is  128  cubic  feet. 
The  scale  of  equivalents  to  govern  in  the  issue  and  sale  of  fuel  is  published 
from  time  to  time  in  general  orders. 

1003.  An  officer  may  purchase  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department 
one-sixth  of  his  allowance  of  fuel  in  kindling  wood,  which  will  be  sold  on 
the  basis  of  its  equivalent  in  oak  wood. 

1004I.  Fuel  issued  to  troops  is  public  property.  Any  portion  not  con- 
sumed by  them  will  be  returned  to  the  quartermaster  and  taken  up  on  his 
return.  Fuel  so  issued,  however,  and  not  consumed  in  quarters,  may  be 
used  in  baking  the  soldiers'  bread ;  and  at  any  post  where  coal  is  used  ex- 
clusively, the  quartermaster  may,  upon  the  request  of  the  post  commander, 
provide,  as  part  of  the  fuel  allowance,  an  equivalent  of  w^ood  in  lieu  of  coal 
sufficient  for  the  post  bakery. 

1005.  Fuel  will  be  issued  only  in  the  month  when  due.  The  cheapest 
fuel  at  the  place  of  issue  will,  all  things  considered,  be  furnished. 


140 


QUARTERS FUEL    AND    STOVES. 


1006.  The  following  table  shows  the  number  of  rooms,  the  quantity  of 
fuel,  and  the  allowance  of  cooking  and  heating  stoves  to  be  supplied  for  the 
use  of  officers  and  men  in  quarters  and  barracks  : 


A  lieutenant-general  or  major-general  — 

A  brigadier-general  or  colonel 

A  lieutenant-colonel  or  major 

A  captain  or  chaplain 

A  lieutenant 

The  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  .  - . 

The  commanding  officer  of  a  territorial 
department 

The  aids  to  the  commanding  officer  of  a 
territorial  department 

An  assistant  or  deputy  quartermaster- 
general,  an  assistant  commissary-gen- 
eral of  subsistence,  an  assistant  surgeon- 
general,  the  assistant  and  deputy  pay- 
master-general, and  the  chief  quarter- 
master and  chief  commissary  at  the 
headquarters  of  a  territorial  depart- 
ment, each- - 

The  commanding  officer  of  a  regiment 
or  post,  a  paymaster,  quartermaster, 
assistant  quartermaster,  commissary, 
and  military  storekeeper,  each 

An  assistant  adjutant-general,  an  in- 
spector-general, an  acting  inspector- 
general,  an  engineer  officer*,  an  ord- 
nance officer*,  a  signal  officer,  a  judge- 
advocate  or  an  acting  judge-advocate, 
and  the  senior  medical  officer,  when  sta- 
tioned on  duty  at  any  place  not  in  the 
field*,  each... 

An  acting  assistant  quartermaster,  an 
acting  commissary  of  subsistence,  an 
adjutant,  when  approved  by  the  Quar- 
termaster-General, each 

A  sergeant-major,  quartermaster-ser- 
geant, sergeant  of  the  post  noncom- 
missioned staff,  hospital  steward,  vet- 
erinary surgeon,  signal  sei-geantt,  and 
chief  musician,  each 

Superintendent  national  cemetery 

Each  noncommissioned  officer,  ruusician, 
private,  and  hospital  matron 

Each  necessary  fire  for  the  sick  in  hospital, 
each  dispensary  and  hospita,l  mess  room, 
at  a  military  post  or  station,  to  be  regu- 
lated by  the  surgeon  and  commanding 
officer,  not  exceeding 

For  general  hospitals,  when  necessary, 
not  exceeding,  for  each  bed 

Each  guard  fire,  to  be  regulated  by  the 
commanding  officer,  not  exceeding 

Each  necessary  fire  for  military  courts  or 
boards,  at  a  rate  not  exceeding 

Storehouse  of  a  commissary  and  quarter- 
master, when  necessary,  not  exceeding 
for  each 


Rooms. 


Cords 
of  wood 

per 
month. 


Increased 
allowance 
from  Sep- 
tember to 
April,  both 
inclusive 


5  1 

4  1 

3  1 

3  1 

1  1 


60    . 


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quarters. ,  office. 


*  Except  at  Military  Academy. 


t  Except  when  serving  in  a  detachment. 


QUARTERS FUEL    AND    STOVES. 


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141 


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allowance 
from  Sep- 
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April,  both 
inclusive. 

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Each  employee  of  the  Quartermaster's, 
Subsistence,  or  Medical  Department  to 
whom  subsistonce  in  kind  is  issued  by 

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For  library,  reading  room,  schoolroom, 
chapel,  and  gymnasium,  1  heating  stove 
for  each,  and  when  the  garrison  exceeds 
150  enlisted  men,  3  heating  stoves,  and 
such  quantity  of  fuel  for  the  same  as 
may  be  certified  to  as  necessary  by  the 
officers  in  charge  and  approved  by  the 

For  a  company:  3  large  stoves  in  dormi- 
tory, 1  large  stove  in  each  mess  room 
ana  day  room,  1  small  stove  for  each  of 
the  two  rooms  for  noncommissioned'of- 
ficers,  1  small  stove  for  the  library,  and 
1  cooking  stove  or  range  sufficient  to 
cook  its  food  - - 

Each  hospital  kitchen .-. 

^ 

For  each  authorized  room  as  quarters  for 
civilian  employees 

1 

For  each  six  civilian  employees  to  whom 
fuel  is  allowed                                 ..  . 

1 

For  mess  of  civilian  employees 

For  telegraph  office 

1 

For  each  blacksmith,  carpenter,  and  sad- 

1007.  In  addition  to  the  number  prescribed  in  the  table,  the  headquar- 
ters of  a  department  will  be  allowed  such  number  of  office  rooms  (not  more 
than  eight)  as  may  be  necessary  for  clerks  on  duty  thereat  (the  Quarter- 
master's and  Subsistence  Departm.ents  excepted),  which  will  be  assigned  by 
the  chief  quartermaster  under  the  direction  of  the  department  commander. 
A  heating  stove  for  each  room  not  otherwise  heated  will  also  be  allowed. . 
Office  rooms  will  not  be  hired  without  the  written  authority  of  the  Secretary 
of  War.  and  no  lease  of  such  rooms  will  take  effect  until  approved  by  him. 

1008.  The  officers  of  the  Quartermaster's  and  Subsistence  Departments 
may,  when  necessary,  be  allowed  additional  office  rooms,  with  a  heating 
stove  for  each,  not  to  exceed  three  in  the  former  and  two  in  the  latter  named 
department.  The  number  of  additional  roon^s  so  allowed  will  be  regulated 
by  the  Quartermaster-General. 

lOOO.  Stoves  will  not  be  issued  to  officers  who  receive  commutation  of 
quarters. 

-  lOlO*  A  sergeant-major,  quartermaster-sergeant,  sergeant  of  the  post 
noncommissioned  staff,  hospital  steward,  veterinary  surgeon,  signal  sergeant, 
and  chief  musician  may  each  be  allowed  one  cooking  stove  in  lieu  of  one 
heating  stove. 


142  ILLUMINATING    SUPPLIES. 

1011.  If  at  a  military  post,  situated  between  the  thirty-sixth  and  forty- 
third  degrees  of  latitude,  the  mean  temperature  for  twenty  days  of  any 
calendar  month  is  not  above  20°  F.,  an  increase  of  fuel  of  one-third  instead 
of  one-fourth,  as  shown  in  the  table,  will  be  allowed.  If  the  temperature  is 
not  above  10°  F. ,  an  increase  of  one-half  will  be  allowed,  whatever  the  lati- 
tude of  the  place.  The  certificate  of  the  post  surgeon  as  to  the  mean  tem- 
perature, and  the  order  of  the  post  commander  for  the  issue,  will  be  filed 
with  the  abstract  of  issues. 

ILLUMINATING  SUPPLIES. 

1012.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  provide  lamps,  lanterns, 
mineral  oil,  wicks,  and  lamp  chimneys  for  the  various  military  posts  and 
stations. 

lot 3.  Lamps  having  one  or  two  burners,  with  circular  wicks  of  about 
1^  inches  inside  diameter,  will  be  issued  as  follows:  To  troops  in  barracks, 
at  the  tate  of  one  burner  for  every  ten  men  and  every  fraction  thereof,  when 
the  fraction  is  five  or  more,  of  the  maximum  strength  allowed  the  organiza- 
tion, and  such  number  of  lamps  or  lanterns  for  lighting  interior  passage- 
ways as  may  be  necessary,  not  to  exceed  three  m  each  barrack.  Companies 
messing  separately  will  be  allowed  three  additional  burners.  To  each  non- 
commissioned staff  officer  and  to  each  first  sergeant,  a  lamp  with  a  single 
burner.  For  hospitals,  such  number  of  burners,  not  to  exceed  one  for  each 
ward  or  room,  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  by  the  post  surgeon  and  post 
commander.  The  lamps  with  wicks  of  less  than  one  inch  diameter,  if  on 
hand,  will  not  be  superseded  except  as  they  become  unserviceable  and  are 
beyond  repair.  Two  of  these  burners  will  be  allowed  in  lieu  of  one  of  larger 
size,  and  parts  for  their  repair  will  be  furnished  when  called  for. 

1014.  For  the  guardhouse  and  the  authorized  offices,  a  lamp  with  a 
single  burner  for  each  room ;  for  post  reading  and  evening  school  rooms, 
post  libraries,  and  chapels,  such  number  of  burners,  not  exceeding  four  for 
each  room,  as  may  be  certified  by  the  post  commander  to  be  necessary. 

1015.  For  outside  illumination,  including  passageways  exterior  to 
barracks  which  for  the  proper  performance  of  garrison  duties  should  be 
lighted,  such  number  of  oil  lanterns  or  street  lamps  as  the  department  com- 
mander shall,  in  writing,  authorize  for  the  purpose,  will  be  supplied  on 
properly  approved  requisitions.  A  copy  of  the  authority  from  the  depart- 
ment commander  will  be  filed  by  the  issuing  officer  with  the  voucher  for 
the  issue.  Oil,  wicks  and  chimneys  will  be  issued  on  requisitions  in  dupli- 
cate designating  the  number  and  location  of  lamps  for  which  required. 

1016.  Either  oil  or  candle  lanterns  maybe  used  in  stables,  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  commanding  officer.  The  number  of  lanterns  in  each  stable 
will  be  such  as  the  commanding  officer,  with  the  approval  of  the  depart- 
ment commander,  shall  require.  If  candle  lanterns  are  used,  the  candles 
will  be  issued  by  the  Subsistence  Department  in  such  quantity  as  the  com- 
manding officer  shall  order  as  necessary.  If  oil  lanterns  are  used,  the  issue 
of  oil,  wicks,  and  chimneys  therefor  will  be  made  in  the  manner  prescribed 
in  the  preceding  paragraphs. 

lOl  7.  Mineral  oil  having  a  flash  point  not  lower  than  135  ^  F.  will  be  sup- 
plied for  lamps  and  oil  lanterns,  and  be  issued  in  quantities  as  follows : 
For  all  lamps  used  for  interior  illumination  at  the  rate,  per  burner,  of  four 
ounces  avoirdupois  for  each  hour  of  authorized  illumination  for  lamps 
using  wicks  of  about  li  inches  diameter,  and  two  ounces  per  hour  for  lamps 


ILLUMINATING    SUPPLIES STATIONERY. 


143 


with  smaller  wicks.    For  all  oil  lanterns,  such  quantities  as  the  commanding 
officer  shall  order  and  certify  as  necessary. 

1018.  The  hours  during  which  lamps  and  oil  lanterns  may  be  kept  lighted 
at  each  post  will  be  such  as  the  commanding  officer,  with  the  approval  of 
the  department  commander,  may  announce. 

1019.  A  gallon  of  mineral  oil  of  Army  standard  weighs  one  hundred  and 
four  ounces.  In  making  estimates  and  requisitions,  calculation  will  be 
made  at  the  rate  of  one  gallon  of  oil  for  twenty-six  hours'  use  of  each  large 
burner,  and  fifty-two  hours'  use  of  each  small  burner,  described  in  paragraph 
1013. 

1020.  Officers  of  the  Army  may  buy  from  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment, at  contract  prices,  such  moderate  quantity  of  mineral  oil,  lamps, 
wicks  and  chimneys  as  they  may  need  in  the  rooms  occupied  by  themselves 
and  families.  This  privilege  is  limited  to  the  lamps,  oils,  wicks  and  chim- 
neys of  like  patterns,  kinds  and  qualities  as  those  provided  for  troops. 

1021.  Only  one  requisition  for  each  month  will  be  made  by  company  or 
detachment  commanders  for  fuel,  forage,  straw,  mineral  oil,  wicking,  chim- 
neys, and  other  illuminating  supplies  that  may  be  similarly  expended. 
These  requisitions,  as  approved  by  the  post  commander,  will  be  consolidated, 
and  the  consolidated  requisition,  in  duplicate,  furnished  the  quartermaster, 
who  will  make  issues  thereon. 

1022.  Mineral  oil  issued  to  troops  is  public  property  for  their  use,  and 
will  be  treated  as  provided  in  paragraph  1004  for  fuel. 

STATIONERY. 

1023.  Issues  of  stationery  are  made  quarterly,  in  quantities  as  follows: 


Commander  of  an  army,  division,  or  depart- 
ment (what  may  be  necessary  for  himself 
and  staff  for  their  public  duty). 

Commander  of  a  brigade  or  district,  for 
himself  and  staff. 

Officer  commanding  a  regiment  or  post  of 
not  less  than  five  companies,  for  himself 
and  staff 

Officer  command  ing  a  post  of  more  than  two 
and  less  than  five  companies..- 

Commanding  officer  of  a  post  of  two  com- 
panies  

Commanding  officer  of  a  post  of  one  com- 
pany or  less,  and  commanding  officer  of  a 
company 

A  lieutenant  colonel  or  major,  not  in  com- 
mand of  a  regiment  or  post 

Officers  of  the  Inspector-General's,  Pay,  and 
Quartermaster's  Departments  (the  pre- 
scribed blank  books  and  printed  forms, 
and  the  stationery  required  for  their  pub- 
lic duty). 

All  officers,  including  chaplains,  not  enu- 
merated above,  when  on  duty  and  not 
supplied  by  their  respective  departments 


200 

150 
120 
100 

80 
40 


30 


144  STATIONERY PUBLIC    ANIMALS. 

1024.  To  each  office  desk  or  table  is  allowed  one  inkstand,  one  paper 
folder,  one  ruler,  one  steel  eraser,  one  piece  of  India  rubber  and  four  lead 
pencils.  A  company  commander  is  entitled  to  this  allowance.  Officers 
when  relieved  will  transfer  office  stationery  to  their  successors. 

1025.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  is  authorized  to  issue  yearly  to 
retired  officers,  upon  proper  requisition,  six  quires  of  writing  paper,  one  hun- 
dred official  envelopes,  fifty  letter  envelopes,  one  piece  of  office  tape  and 
one-half  quire  of  envelope  paper. 

1026.  The  yearly  allowance  of  stationery  to  a  sergeant  of  the  post  non- 
commissioned staff  on  duty  at  a  post  not  garrisoned  by  troops  is  two  quires  of 
writing  paper,  letter  size,  four  sheets  of  blotting  paper,  one  hundred  envel- 
opes, official  size,  one  dozen  steel  pens,  two  penholders,  one  pint  bottle  of 
black  ink,  one  small  bottle  of  mucilage  with  brush,  one  inkstand,  and  one 
piece  of  office  tape. 

1027.  Necessary  stationery  for  courts  and  boards  will  be  furnished  on 
requisition  of  the  judge-advocate  or  recorder,  approved  by  the  presiding 
officer. 

PURCHASE   OF   PUBLIC   ANIMALS. 

lOJSS.  Purchase  of  horses  for  the  cavalry  and  artillery,  for  Indian 
scouts,  and  for  such  infantry  as  may  be  mounted,  will  be  made  by  con- 
tract, after  competition  duly  invited  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department 
and  an  inspection  by  such  department — all  under  the  direction  and  authority 
of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1029.  The  cavalry  horse  must  be  sound  and  well  bred ;  gentle  under  the 
saddle  ;  free  from  vicious  habits ;  with  free  and  prompt  action  at  the  walk, 
trot,  and  gallop ;  without  blemish  or  defect ;  of  a  kind  disposition  ;  with  easy 
mouth  and  gait,  and  otherwise  to  conform  to  the  following  description  : 

A  gelding  of  uniform  and  hardy  color;  in  good  condition ;  from  fifteen  and 
one-fourth  to  sixteen  hands  high  ;  weight  not  less  than  950  nor  more  than 
1,150  pounds;  from  four  to  eight  years  old  ;  head  and  ears  small ;  forehead 
broad ;  eyes  large  and  prominent ;  vision  perfect  in  every  respect ;  shoulders 
long  and  sloping  well  back  ;  chest  full,  broad  and  deep  ;  fore  legs  straight 
and  standing  well  under ;  barrel  large  and  increasing  from  girth  tow^ard 
flank ;  withers  elevated ;  back  short  and  straight ;  loins  and  haunches  broad 
and  muscular  ;  hocks  well  bent  and  under  the  horse  ;  pasterns  slanting  and 
feet  small  and  sound. 

Each  horse»will  be  subjected  to  a  rigid  inspection,  and  any  animal  that 
does  not  meet  the  above  requirements  in  every  respect  must  be  rejected. 

A  horse  under  five  years  old  should  not  be  accepted  unless  a  specialh^  fine, 
well  developed  animal. 

1030.  The  artillery  horse  is  required  for  quick  draft  purposes,  and 
should  move  the  carriage,  ordinarily,  by  weight  throwm  into  the  collar 
rather  than  by  muscular  exertion. 

The  animal  must  be  sound,  without  blemish  or  defect,  well  bred,  of  a 
kind  disposition,  and  free  from  vicious  habits  ;  a  square  trotter ;  well  broken 
to  harness,  and  gentle  under  the  saddle ;  with  easy  mouth  and  gait,  and 
with  free,  prompt  action  at  the  walk,  trot,  and  gallop ;  and  otherwise  to 
conform  to  the  following  description : 

A  gelding  of  uniform  and  hardy  color ;  in  good  condition :  from  fifteen 
and  one-fourth  to  sixteen  hands  high  :  w^eight  of  the  lead  horse  not  less  than 
1,050  pounds,  and  that  of  the  wheel  horse  not  more  than  1,200  pounds ;  from 


PUBLIC    ANIMALS.  145 

five  to  eight  years  old;  head  and  ears  small;  forehead  broad;  eyes  large 
and  prominent ;  vision  perfect  m  every  respect ;  chest  full,  broad,  and  deep ; 
fore  legs  straight  and  standing  well  under ;  shoulders  sufficiently  broad  to 
support  the  collar,  but  not  too  heavy;  barrel  large  and  increasing  from 
girth  toward  flank ;  withers  elevated ;  back  short  and  straight;  with  broad, 
deep  loins,  short  coupled  with  solid  hind  quarters;  hocks  well  bent  and 
under  the  horse;  pasterns  slanting  and  feet  sound  and  in  good  order. 
Long-legged,  loose-jointed,  long-bodied,  and  narrow-chested  horses,  as  well 
as  those  which  are  restive,  vicious,  or  too  free  in  harness,  or  which  do  not, 
upon  rigid  inspection,  meet  the  above  requirements  in  every  respect,  will 
be  rejected. 

1031.  Mules  purchased  for  the  Army  by  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment should  conform  to  the  following  conditions :  They  should  be  strong, 
stout,  compact,  sound,  and  kind;  they  should  be  free  from  defects  in  every 
particular,  four  to  nine  years  old,  850  to  1,200  pounds  in  weight,  fourteen 
to  sixteen  hands  high  and  suitable  in  all  respects  for  the  transportation 
service  of  the  Army.  If  for  draft  purposes,  they  will  be  well  broken  to 
harness ;  pack  mules  need  not  be  broken,  and  may  be  not  less  than  thirteen 
and  a  half  hands  high,  if  otherwise  suitable. 

1032.  On  the  day  when  received,  horses  for  the  cavalry  and  light  artil- 
lery will  be  branded  "  U.  S."  on  the  hoof  of  the  left  fore  foot,  other  animals 
on  the  left  shoulder.  Cavalry  and  light  artillery  horses  will  also  be  branded 
under  the  mane  with  the  number  of  regiment  and  letter  of  troop  or  battery. 

1033.  A  complete  descriptive  list  of  each  animal  will  be  made  at  the 
time  of  purchase,  and  will  accompany  him  wherever  he  may  be  transferred. 

1034.  A  descriptive  book  of  public  animals  will  be  kept  with  every 
troop  of  cavalry  and  battery  of  light  artillery,  and  with  the  records  of  every 
officer  responsible  for  public  animals.  It  will  contain  a  description  of  every 
animal  received  and  transferred,  showing  the  kind,  name,  age,  size,  color, 
marks,  brands,  or  other  peculiarities  of  each  ;  how  and  when  acquired  and 
if  disposed  of  in  what  manner;  the  name  of  its  rider  or  driver,  and  the 
particular  use  to  which  applied. 

1035.  When  public  animals  are  issued  or  transferred,  the  person  in 
charge  will  be  provided  with  full  and  accurate  descriptive  lists,  which  he 
will  deliver  to  the  receiving  officer,  by  whom  they  wdll  be  entered  in  his 
descriptive  book  of  public  animals. 

1036.  Public  animals  will  be  assigned  to  their  riders  or  drivers,  who 
will  not  exchange  or  surrender  them  to  the  use  of  any  other  person  without 
the  permission  of  the  company  commander,  quartermaster,  or  other  officer 
responsible. 

1037.  Horses  and  mules  inspected  and  condemned  as  unfit  for  service 
will  be  advertised  for  sale  and  disposed  of  within  ten  days  from  date  of 
advertisement. 

VETERINARY    MEDICINES. 

103S.  Veterinary  medicines,  instruments  and  supplies  for  the  treatment 
of  public  animals  and  authorized  private  horses  of  mounted  officers  are 
furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department.  Estimates  will  be  prepared 
on  the  regular  form  for  estimates  for  quartermaster's  stores  and  in  con- 
formity with  the  standard  supply  table  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster- 
G-eneral. 

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146  FORAGE    AND    STRAW. 

1039.  The  quartermaster  will  have  charge  of  veterinary  medicines  and 
dressings,  and,  under  the  direction  of  the  commanding  officer,  will  issue 
and  expend  such  articles  and  in  such  quantities  as  may  be  necessary.  A 
special  requisition  for  articles  not  in  the  table,  with  an  explanation  of  the 
nature  of  the  emergency  or  case  rendering  it  necessary,  will  be  forwarded, 
through  the  regular  channel,  for  the  action  of  the  Quartennaster- General. 

1040.  Veterinary  instruments  and  books  will  remain  in  the  custody  of 
the  quartermaster,  and  will  be  loaned  as  needed  in  the  public  service. 

FORAGE   AND   STRAW. 

1041.  The  forage  ration  for  a  horse  is  fourteen  pounds  of  hay  and  twelve 
pounds  of  oats,  corn,  or  barley ;  for  a  mule,  fourteen  pounds  of  hay  and  nine 
pounds  of  oats,  corn,  or  barley.  Department  commanders  will  reduce  the 
forage  ration  when  necessary. 

1042.  Where  grazing  is  practicable,  or  when  little  labor  is  required, 
commanding  officers  will  order  a  judicious  reduction  of  the  forage  ration. 

1043.  Forage  will  be  issued  only  during  the  month  when  due. 

1044.  Forage  is  furnished  only  to  officers  for  the  horses  owned  and  actu- 
ally kept  by  them  in  the  performance  of  their  official  duties  when  serving 
with  troops  in  the  field  or  at  military  posts  and  stations ,  and  for  the  following 
number :  To  a  lieutenant-general,  four ;  to  a  major-general  or  a  brigadier- 
general,  three ;  to  a  colonel,  lieutenant-colonel,  major,  captain,  or  lieutenant, 
mounted,  and  regimental  adjutant  and  quartermaster,  each  two. 

1045.  Mounted  officers  will  not  use  public  horses  and  at  the  same  time 
draw  forage  for  those  they  own ;  nor  will  they  use  public  animals  except  as 
authorized  by  regulations.  Should  circumstances  render  it  necessary,  an 
officer  may  be  temporarily  furnished  public  horses,  but  during  such  period 
he  will  not  be  permitted  to  draw  forage  for  a  private  horse. 

1046.  An  officer  not  mounted  may  purchase  forage  for  two  horses  kept 
for  his  own  use,  for  which  he  will  be  charged  cost,  including  transportation. 
The  sale  of  forage  to  mounted  officers  is  forbidden. 

1047.  An  officer  shall  not  sell,  nor  allow  to  be  sold,  the  forage  issued  for 
his  own  horses  or  the  public  animals  under  his  charge ;  nor  shall  he  use  or 
dispose  of,  or  permit  to  be  used  or  disposed  of,  such  forage,  or  any  portion 
thereof  except  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  issued.  Forage  issued  for 
a  particular  period  and  unconsumed  during  the  period  will  be  taken  up  and 
properly  accounted  for.  The  commanding  officer  will  compare  the  requisi- 
tions with  the  quartermaster's  abstracts  of  issues  and  sales  of  forage,  and 
if  correct,  so  certify  on  the  abstract. 

104S.  When  mattresses  are  not  supplied,  each  enlisted  man  in  barracks 
and  each  prisoner  in  the  guardhouse  will  be  allowed  a  bed  sack  and  thirty 
pounds  of  straw  per  month  for  bedding,  and  men  in  field  hospitals,  such 
quantity  as  the  chief  medical  officer  shall  certify  as  necessary.  So  far  as 
practicable,  iron  bunks  will  be  furnished  to  all  prisoners  in  post  guardhouses 
and  prison  rooms. 

1049.  One  hundred  pounds  of  straw  per  month  is  allowed  for  bedding 
to  each  horse  or  mule  in  public  service.  At  posts  where  straw  is  not 
furnished  hay  will  be  issued  and  used  for  bedding. 


CARE  OF  PUBLIC  PROPERTY.  147 

CARE   OF   AND   ACCOUNTABILI'^Y   FOR   PROPERTY. 

1050.  Unless  otherwise  specially  directed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  there 
will  be  at  each  military  post  or  station  but  one  accountable  officer  in  the 
Quartermaster's  Department,  and  fie  wiir  account  for  all  quartermaster's 
supplies  there  in  use  or  in  store. 

1051.  When  troops  are  assembled  for  field  service  there  will  be  but  one 
accountable  officer  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  each  regiment, 
separate  battalion  or  squadron,  and  he  will  account  for  all  quartermaster's 
supplies  in  the  possession  of  the  command  of  which  he  is  quartermaster. 

1052.  At  places  requiring  the  services  of  more  than  one  quartermaster, 
each  one  charged  with  the  care  and  disposition  of  quartermaster's  supplies 
will  account  for  the  same. 

1053.  Officers  commanding  companies  or  detachments  will  be  furnished 
by  the  quartermaster,  on  approved  requisition,  with  the  necessary  authorized 
quartermaster's  supplies ;  and  for  all  such,  except  those  that  may  be  properly 
dropped  as  expended,  said  commanding  officers  will  give  memorandum 
receipts  to  the  accountable  officer,  who  will  continue  to  bear  said  supplies  on 
his  return  until  they  have  been  transferred  or  expended  and  duly  accounted 
for  as  required  by  regulations. 

1054.  Officers  commanding  compa-nies  or  detachments  temporarily  absent 
from  posts  will  continue  responsible  to  quartermasters  from  whom  supplies 
have  been  procured  on  memorandum  receipts.  Should  the  services  of  a 
quartermaster  become  necessary,  one  will  be  appointed  for  the  command. 

1055.  When  troops  change  station,  only  such  quartermaster's  supplies 
as  are  authorized,  or  as  may  be  directed  to  be  transferred  will  be  removed 
from  the  station.  Company  and  detachment  commanders,  prior  to  departure 
from  a  station,  will  have  a  settlement  with  the  quartermaster  for  supplies 
held  on  memorandum  receipt.  For  such  supplies  as  must  accompany  troops, 
company  and  detachment  commanders  will  give  certificates  to  the  quarter- 
master. Memorandum  receipts  that  have  been  thus  satisfied  will  be  returned 
to  the  respective  company  and  detachment  commanders.  The  quartermas- 
ter will  forward  the  certificates,  accompanied  by  the  requisite  papers  for 
transferring  the  accountability,  to  the  quartermaster  at  the  destination  of 
the  troops.  The  commanders  of  incoming  organizations  upon  arrival  will 
report  the  supplies  in  their  custody  and  give  memorandum  receipts  therefor 
to  the  quartermaster,  who  will  then  return  to  the  respective  commanders 
their  certificates. 

1056.  Certificates  given  for  supplies  accompanying  troops  and  memoran- 
dum receipts  given  by  officers  for  supplies  issued  or  loaned  for  their  indi- 
vidual use,  or  for  use  of  the  organizations  under  their  command,  will  be 
made  in  the  prescribed  form,  and  should  any  officer,  when  called  upon  by 
proper  authority  to  produce  any  of  the  supj)lies  enumerated  therein,  fail  to 
do  so,  or  to  furnish  proper  evidence  that  deficient  or  damaged  supplies  have 
been  accounted  for  as  required  by  regulations,  the  name  of  the  officer  delin- 
quent will  be  reported  to  the  Secretary  of  War  by  the  Quartermaster- 
General,  and  said  officer's  pay  to  the  extent  of  the  deficiency  or  damage  will 
be  stopped,  in  conformity  with  paragraphs  701  and  702.  The  accountable 
officer  may  drop  from  his  return  the  articles  deficient,  forwarding  the 
memorandum  receipt  or  certificate  as  a  voucher  therefor. 


148  CARE  OF  PUBLIC  PROPERTY. 

1057.  A  forage  master  or  wagon  master  shall  not  be  concerned,  directly 
or  indirectly,  in  any  means  of  transport  employed  by  the  United  States,  or 
in  the  purchase  or  sale  of  any  -oroperty  procured  for  or  belonging  to  the 
United  States,  except  as  agent  for  the  Government. 

105$.  Deliveries  under  contract  will  be  made  monthly  when  practica- 
ble. Officers  responsible  for  stores  will  take  the  necessary  precautions  to 
prevent  loss  or  damage. 

1059.  Grain,  hay,  straw  and  coal  when  received  will  be  carefully 
weighed.     Wood  will  be  carefully  piled  and  measured. 

1060.  Short  forage  should  be  contracted  for  by  the  hundred  pounds,  but 
when  a  contract  for  grain  is  made  by  the  bushel  the  number  of  pounds  per 
bushel  will  be  specified  in  the  contract. 

1061.  Every  officer  accountable  for  fuel,  forage  and  straw,  at  the  end 
of  each  quarter  and  also  when  transferring  to  a  successor,  will  verify  by 
actual  weight  or  measurement  the  quantities  on  hand.  In  case  of  transfer, 
the  verification  will  be  nlade  in  the  presence  of  the  receiving  officer. 

1062.  The  quantities  of  fuel,  forage  and  straw  on  hand  will  be  certi- 
fied to  by  the  officer  accountable,  and  his  certificate  to  that  effect  will  be 
attached  to  his  property  return. 

1063.  The  commanding  officer  of  the  post  will  see  that  the  verification 
required  by  paragraph  1061  is  made,  and  at  the  end  of  each  quarter  he  will 
send  to  department  headquarters,  or  if  serving  at  an  arsenal  or  an  independ- 
ent post  or  depot,  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  a  certificate  stating  that 
the  verification  has  been  made,  and  that,  in  his  opinion,  the  quantities  actu- 
ally on  hand,  as  determined  by  such  verification  and  certified  to  by  the 
accountable  officer,  are  correctly  reported.  This  certificate  will  be  made  in 
duplicate  and  one  will  be  filed  with  the  post  records.  In  case  excess  be  found, 
it  will  be  taken  up  on  the  return  for  the  quarter.  In  case  of  deficiency,  a 
board  of  survey  will  be  called  to  make  a  full  investigation  and  will  report 
the  facts,  with  its  conclusions  as  to  the  cause  of  deficiency  and  responsibility 
therefor. 

1064.  Every  officer  accountable  for  quartermaster's  supplies  will  keep 
himself  accurately  informed  by  personal  examination  of  the  quantities  and 
condition  of  the  property  on  hand,  and  will  be  held  strictly  responsible  that 
they  are  correctly  reported  on  his  returns.  The  commanding  officer  will  see 
that  a  complete,  detailed,  and  accurate  inventory  of  such  property,  except 
that  held  on  memorandum  receipts,  is  taken  by  the  accountable  officer  in 
person  at  least  once  each  year,  and  as  much  oftener  as  he  may  deem  neces- 
sary for  the  interests  of  the  Government.  At  each  transfer  of  such  property 
both  the  invoicing  and  receipting  officer  will  attend  in  person,  and  each  will 
satisfy  himself,  by  personal  count  and  examination,  that  all  property  invoiced 
is  on  hand  and  in  condition  as  stated  in  the  invoices.  When  loss,  damage, 
or  deficiency  is  discovered  upon  taking  any  of  these  inventories,  a  board  of 
survey  will  be  called  at  once  to  investigate  and  ascertain  the  cause  thereof, 
which  it  will  report  with  its  conclusions  as  to  the  responsibility  for  the  same. 

HORSES   OF  MOUNTED   OFFICERS. 

1065.  In  the  field,  at  posts,  or  in  active  service,  sales  of  horses  held  in 
the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  issue,  sale  or  keeping  may  be  made  to 
mounted  officers,  with  the  approval  of  the  Commanding  General  of  the 


HORSES    OF    OFFICERS  149 

Army,  or  on  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  Horses  belonging  to 
troops  of  cavalry  and  to  batteries  of  artillery  will  not  be  sold  nor  turned  in 
to  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  nnless  previously  inspected  and  con- 
demned as  unserviceable.  The  price  to  be  paid  for  a  horse  purchased  by  an 
officer  will  be  its  cost  to  the  Government.  Purchase  and  payment  will  be 
completed  within  thirty  days  from  the  date  of  receipt  of  authority  for  the 
sale  and  the  purchase  money  at  once  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  current 
appropriation.     Horses  thus  sold  will  not  be  exchanged  or  returned. 

1066.  The  use  of  public  horses  by  officers  receiving  mounted  pay  will  be 
regulated  by  department  commanders  In  conformity  with  the  necessities  of 
the  pabbc  service.  Unless  specially  excepted  by  the  Commanding  General 
of  the  Army,  all  mounted  officers  will  be  required  to  keep  the  private  horses 
necessary  tor  the  efficient  performance  of  their  duties. 

1067  While  serving  with  a  light  or  mounted  battery  a  captain  or  lieu- 
tenant of  artillery  will  be  allowed  to  use  a  battery  horse. 

106S.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  provide  and  issue  horse  and 
mule  shoes,  nails,  smith's  tools  and  materials  required  for  the  service  except 
the  smith's  tools  of  the  battery  wagons  and  forges  of  light  batteries.  The 
horses  of  a  troop  of  cavalry  or  light  battery  will  be  shod  by  its  artificer. 

1069.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  transport  for  officers 
changing  station  the  number  of  horses  for  which  they  are  legally  entitled  to 
forage,  and  an  attendant  to  accompany  the  horses  when  necessary,  subject 
to  the  following  restrictions : 

1.  That  the  expense  paid  by  the  United  States  shall  not  exceed  $50  for 
each  horse  transported.  The  cost  of  such  shipment  will  be  ascertained  in 
advance,  and  if  found  to  exceed  $50  for  each  horse,  including  transportation 
of  attendant,  if  any,  the  excess  must  be  prepaid  by  the  owner,  who  must 
also  pay  all  the  expenses  of  the  attendant  other  than  his  transportation. 

2.  That  the  horses  are  owned  by  the  officer  and  were  used  by  him  in  the 
public  service  at  the  station  from  which  he  is  ordered  to  move. 

3.  The  horses  of  retired  officers  or  officers  ordered  to  their  homes  to  await 
retirement,  or  officers  ordered  on  recruiting  service  or  college  detail,  or  to 
attend  schools  of  instruction  as  student  officers,  or  to  effect  a  voluntary 
transfer,  will  not  be  transported  at  public  expense. 

TRANSPORTATION. 

General  Provisions. 

1070.  For  wagon  and  pack  transportation  mules  will  generally  be 
employed,  and  horses  may  be  used  for  saddle  purposes  by  wagon  masters, 
messengers,  expressmen,  and  employees  or  enlisted  men  pursuing  kindred 
occupations  which  require  them  to  be  mounted.  For  draft  purposes,  except 
at  depots  or  posts  in  or  near  large  cities  where  little  transportation  is  needed, 
horses  will  not  be  used  unless  specially  authorized  by  the  War  Department. 

1071.  The  allotment  of  draft  and  pack  animals  to  each  military  depart- 
ment will  be  made  by  the  Quartermaster-General  under  the  direction  of  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

1072.  The  transportation  of  supplies  from  place  of  purchase  or  from 
supply  depots  to  military  posts,  or  from  one  post  to  another,  will  be  pro- 
vided under  contract  made  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  except 
when  the  means  of  transportation  authorized  in  paragraph  1071  is  available. 


150  TRANSPORTATION. 

1073.  In  providing  transportation  for  persons  and  property,  the  shortest 
practicable  route  will,  as  a  rule,  be  adopted,  although  a  longer  one  may  be 
used  to  secure  lower  rates  when  time  will  permit.  When  competing  routes 
furnish  equal  facilities,  advantages  and  rates,  each  will  be  given  a  share  of 
employment. 

lO^d.  The  allowance  of  spring  wagons,  exclusive  of  the  prescribed  ambu- 
lance for  the  sick,  is  fixed  at  one  to  each  post,  except  when  otherwise 
authorized  by  the  War  Department.  All  four-wheeled  passenger  wagons 
(except  ambulances)  having  springs  under  the  body  shall  be  considered 
spring  wagons. 

1075.  Spring  wagons  will  be  used  only  by  direction  of  commanding 
officers  and  for  the  purpose  for  which  they  are  supplied,  viz,  for  the  trans- 
portation of  officers  and  enlisted  men  traveling  on  duty  when  other  means 
are  not  available. 

1076.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  provide  the  necessary  ambu- 
lances for  transporting  the  sick  and  wounded  upon  the  requisition  of  the 
proper  medical  officer. 

1077.  All  means  of  public  transportation  at  a  post  will  be  accounted  for 
by  the  quartei-master,  and  will  be  under  his  charge  except  as  provided  in 
paragraph  1415.  Post  commanders  will  cause  cavalry  troops  and  light 
batteries  to  be  provided  daily  with  the  proper  facilities  for  policing  stables 
and  hauling  forage. 

1078.  Commanding  officers  will  give  timely  notice  to  the  proper  officers 
of  the  Quartermaster's  Department  of  all  contemplated  movements  of  troops 
and  supplies,  that  proper  and  sufficient  transportation  may  be  in  readiness. 

1079.  The  duty  of  furnishing  transportation  at  any  post,  station,  or 
depot  will  be  intrusted  to  one  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department, 
on  whom  requisitions  will  be  made  therefor. 

Transportation  of  Persons. 

1050.  When  troops  are  moved,  suitable  transportation  will  be  provided; 
proper  orders  and  exact  return  of  the  command  will  be  furnished  to  the 
quartermaster  who  is  to  provide  the  same. 

1051.  On  transports,  cabin  passage  will  be  furnished  officers  and  reason- 
able and  proper  accommodations  for  troops.  When  practicable  a  separate 
apartment  will  be  provided  for  the  sick. 

10§2.  A  person  requiring  transportation  will  exhibit  an  order  from  com- 
petent authority,  and  the  quartermaster  who  furnishes  it  will  make  and  file 
a  certified  copy  of  the  same.  The  quartermaster  will  indorse  on  the  origi- 
nal order,  over  his  signature,  the  fact  that  transportation  has  been  provided, 
its  kind,  the  places  from  and  to  which  it  has  been  furnished,  and  the  num- 
ber of  pounds  of  extra  baggage  transported,  if  any.  The  original  order  will 
be  retained  by  the  person  who  receives  the  transportation,  and  in  case  of  a 
soldier  entitled  to  commutation  of  rations  while  traveling,  will  be  disposed 
of  as  directed  in  paragraph  1275.  When  a  quartermaster  furnishes  trans- 
portation, under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  110,  to  a  soldier  on  furlough, 
he  will  report  the  actual  or  probable  cost  thereof  to  the  company  com- 
mander and  will  enter  on  the  furlough  a  statement  that  the  transportation 
has  been  furnished.  The  officer  pajdng  the  account  will  notify  the  company 
commander  of  the  actual  amount  paid  and  the  date  of  payment. 


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10S3.  When  transportation  is  furnished  for  the  entire  journey,  the  route, 
if  not  designated  in  the  order,  will  be  determined  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  in  accordance  with  existing  rules. 

10§4.  A  quartermaster  who  provides  the  transportation  for  troops  will 
notify,  by  mail  or  telegraph,  the  quartermasters  at  places  where  changes  of 
route  are  to  be  made  or  means  of  transportation  are  to  be  changed  of  the 
day  on  which  the  troops  will  start,  their  route,  destination,  the  number  of 
oflficers,  enlisted  men  and  animals,  and  the  quantity  of  public  property  and 
baggage  for  which  transportation  will  be  required. 

Transportation  Requests. 

10§5.  A  request  for  transportation  issued  by  a  quartermaster  should  set 
forth  date  and  place  of  issue,  time  for  which  it  will  be  valid,  name  of  com- 
pany required  to  furnish  transportation,  name  of  the  person  or  of  the  one 
in  charge  of  the  party  to  be  transported,  with  number  thereof,  pounds  of 
extra  baggage  if  any,  organization  to  which  the  person  belongs  if  an  oflBcer 
or  enlisted  man,  the  places  of  original  departure  and  ultimate  destination, 
with  the  initial  letters  of  each  road  or  line  to  be  used  on  the  journey. 

10§6.  The  officer  furnishing  the  request  will  indorse  thereon  the  authority 
for  its  issue,  the  number,  date,  and  place  of  issue  of  the  order  for  transpor- 
tation, and  the  nature  of  the  journey  or  purpose  for  which  it  is  to  be  per- 
formed, as  follows:  "Changing  station;"  "Deserters"  (giving  name,  rank, 
company  and  regiment);  "Returning  from  furlough,  proper  officer  noti- 
fied;" "On  detached  service"  (the  nature  of  the  service  to  be  stated); 
"Discharged  soldiers  en  route  home  (or  en  route  to  paymaster),  indorsed 
on  final  statement;"  "Insane  soldier  with  escort  to  insane  asylum;" 
"  Guard  and  prisoners ;  "  "  En  route  to  or  returning  from  civil  court  under 
orders  without  summons;"  "Clerk  (or  agent)  of  the  Quartermaster's 
Department ; "  and  cause  for  travel,  etc. ;  and  if  the  request  is  issued  by 
virtue  of  any  contract  that  fact  will  be  stated  and  the  contract  designated. 

lOS?,  The  space  on  the  request  reserved  for  "  Remarks"  is  intended  for 
any  extraordinary  notice,  as,  for  example,  when  special  rates  shall  govern, 
or  when  limited  or  unlimited  tickets  shall  issue  in  cases  where  two  or  more 
classes  of  tickets  are  on  sale,  differing  in  cost  or  in  time  during  which  they 
can  be  used.  Where  through  rates  exist,  notation  should  be  made  upon  each 
of  a  series  of  separate  requests  involving  continuous  travel  over  two  or  more 
roads  to  the  effect  that  settlement  will  be  made  on  the  basis  of  the  division, 
among  the  roads  interested,  of  the  through  limited  rate  for  the  entire  jour- 
ney. All  officers  charged  with  the  duty  of  providing  transportation  will 
inform  themselves  upon  these  points,  and  will  avail  themselves  of  all  oppor- 
tunities of  securing  acceptable  transportation  at  the  lowest  prevailing  prices. 
The  accommodations  afforded  by  tourist  sleeping  cars,  colonist  or  emigrant 
sleepers  (a  seat  by  day  and  a  berth  by  night  for  each  soldier),  will  be  fur- 
nished whenever  practicable,  provided  the  cost  of  such  accommodations,  in 
addition  to  the  travel  fare  imposed,  does  not  exceed  the  cost  of  through 
limited  first-class  tickets  between  the  points  involved.  As  a  rule,  such 
accommodations  should  be  procured  at  the  cost  of  second-class  fare  with  the 
price  of  seat  or  berth,  or  both,  added  :  and  in  forwarding  detachments  even 
lower  rates  may  be  secured.  Disbursing  quartermasters  will  report  to  the 
Quartermaster-General  all  cases  of  neglect  or  error  on  the  part  of  officers 
issuing  transportation  requests  which  result  in  a  waste  of  public  money. 


152  TRANSPORTATION. 

10§S.  Requests  should  be  properly  receipted  by  the  party  named  therein, 
and  tickets  procured  before  commencing  the  journey,  as  conductors  are  not 
authorized  to  accept  transportation  requests.  If  more  than  one  person  is  to 
be  transported,  the  officer  or  person  in  charge  of  the  party,  in  filling  the 
receipt,  will  state  the  number  of  the  persons  and  pounds  of  extra  baggage 
carried,  and  the  class  and  description  of  transportation  furnished.  In  no 
case  will  a  receipt  be  given  for  transportation  of  more  persons  or  extra  bag- 
gage than  the  request  calls  for. 

10S9.  The  blank  receipt  at  the  bottom  of  the  request  will  be  filled  in  ink, 
and  if  the  person  receipting  can  not  write  his  name  he  will  make  his  mark, 
which  will  be  witnessed.  Names  and  places  will  be  written  in  full.  If  the 
transportation  is  furnished  by  other  than  passenger  train  or  other  than  pas- 
senger cars  the  fact  will  be  stated  in  the  receipt. 

1090.  Officers  will  take  advantage  of  any  existing  through  rates,  either 
for  the  whole  or  part  of  the  journey.  When  transportation  is  required  over 
several  roads  by  which  arrangements  have  been  made  for  through  trans- 
portation upon  single  tickets,  a  single  request,  addressed  to  the  initial  road, 
will  be  issued  (except  as  provided  in  paragraph  1093),  upon  which  tickets 
should  be  procured  by  the  officer  issuing  it  or  by  the  party  to  be  trans- 
ported. 

I  t091.  If  transportation  is  required  over  a  line  of  roads,  one  or  more  of 
which  are  land  grant  and  subject  to  deduction  of  rates,  and  a  single  request 
is  issued  therefor,  the  name  of  the  road,  the  fact  that  it  is  land  grant  and 
subject  to  deduction,  also  the  per  centum  of  deduction,  will  be  stated  in  the 
request,  and  in  settlement  for  the  service  the  deduction  on  account  of  land 
grant  will  be  made. 

1093.  If  arrangements  have  been  made  for  transportation  for  a  part  of 
the  distance  at  less  than  the  regular  through  rate,  the  rate  for  that  part  will 
be  stated  in  the  request. 

1093.  When  transportation  is  required  over  a  land  grant  road,  a  separate 
request  may  be  issued  therefor  if  the  road  desires  it,  provided  the  railroad 
company  agrees  that  such  action  will  not  commit  the  United  States  to  the 
payment  of  local  rates  for  through  transportation.  Separate  requests  must 
be  issued  in  all  cases  where  transportation  is  required  over  a  bond  aided 
road. 

1094.  Duplicate  requests  for  transportation  will  not  be  issued,  nor  will 
a  request  be  issued  after  the  transportation  service  has  been  performed. 

1095.  No  portion  of  a  request  above  the  signature  of  the  issuing  officer 
will  be  changed  in  any  particular.  If  explanations  are  required,  they  will 
be  made  on  the  back  of  the  request. 

1096.  All  unused  tickets  or  parts  of  tickets  procured  on  a  transporta- 
tion request  will  be  returned  to  the  officer  who  issued  it,  and  by  him  for- 
warded to  the  officer  who  pays  the  account  for  the  service.  The  value  of 
such  ticket  or  parts  of  tickets  will  be  deducted  from  any  money  due  or  to 
become  due  the  company  for  transportation  over  whose  line  they  were  ob- 
tained. On  the  collection  of  the  value  of  such  unused  tickets  they  will  be 
returned  to  the  company  by  which  they  were  issued. 

1097.  When  transportation  to  any  given  point  and  return  is  required, 
the  request  for  return  transportation  should  be  obtained  at  the  destination, 
provided  it  can  be  there  procured,  except  in  cases  where  round  trip  tickets 


TRANSPORTATION.  153 

<;an  be  obtained  at  reduced  rates  and  made  available  for  the  journey  ;  other- 
wise the  quartermaster  will  issue  two  sets  of  requests,  one  to  the  place  of 
destination  the  other  for  return  transportation. 

I09S.  All  facts  necessary  to  enable  the  paying  officer  to  decide  as  to  the 
regularity  or  propriety  of  the  proceedings  will  be  stated  upon  the  request. 
Should  it  appear  to  the  paying  officer  that  transportation  has  been  improp- 
erly furnished  by  the  issuing  officer,  he  will  make  payment  to  the  carrier 
for  the  service  actually  rendered,  and  will  send  to  the  Quartermaster-G-en- 
eral  a  statement  of  all  the  facts,  with  a  certified  copy  of  the  request. 

1099.  Officers  drawing  mileage  are  authorized  to  carry  with  them,  at 
public  expense,  such  quantity  of  baggage  as  they  may  require,  not  exceed- 
ing 150  pounds.  This  will  include  the  portion  carried  free  by  the  trans- 
portation lines. 

1100.  Officers  traveling  under  orders  with  transportation  furnished 
them  in  kind  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  and  who  desire  to  retain 
in  their  possession  a  quantity  of  baggage  greater  than  that  passed  free  for 
passengers  by  the  carrier,  will  be  furnished  with  transportation  requests, 
on  which  will  be  stated  that  portion  of  the  150  pounds  of  baggage  allowed 
in  excess  of  the  quantity  which,  by  the  tariff  of  the  respective  carriers,  is 
transported  free.  The  officer  receiving  the  request  will  certify,  in  the 
receipt  appended  thereto,  whether  transportation  for  such  excess  of  bag- 
gage has  been  furnished,  and  settlement  will  be  made  by  the  Quartermas- 
ter's Department  with  the  respective  carriers  accordingly. 

1101.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  may  provide  transportation  of 
baggage  for  enlisted  men  traveling  under  orders  without  troops,  not  to 
exceed  the  following  weights: 

Pounds. 

Noncommissioned  officers 100 

Privates  of  the  Hospital  Corps 100 

Other  privates -  -  -     50 

This  allowance  will  accompany  each  man  on  the  conveyance  by  which  he 
is  transported,  and  will  include  the  number  of  pounds  of  baggage  carried 
free  on  the  passage  ticket. 

1102.  Quartermasters,  in  issuing  requests  for  transportation  of  officers 
and  others  traveling  under  orders,  will  not  include  therein  public  property 
of  any  description,  nor  personal  baggage  in  excess  of  that  portion  of  the 
allowance  of  150  pounds  not  carried  free,  and  for  which  transportation  at 
public  expense  is  authorized. 

1103.  Books  of  blank  transportation  requests  will  be  provided  by  the 
i^uartermaster-General.  They  will  be  furnished  to  quartermasters,  who  will 
receipt  and  account  for  them.  Requests  issued  will  be  reported  on  the 
prescribed  form.  The  numbers  of  all  requests  received,  issued,  canceled, 
etc.,  will  be  specified  in  the  proper  abstracts,  and  all  canceled  requests  will 
accompany  voucher  to  Abstract  I. 

1104.  An  officer  relieved  from  duty  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department 
or  transferred  to  another  station  will  turn  over  to  his  successor  all  blank 
requests  in  his  possession,  unless  otherwise  directed,  taking  a  receipt  there- 
for, which  will  show  the  blank  requests  turned  over  and  their  numbers. 

1 105.  Blank  requests  will  not  ba  removed  from  the  military  department 
to  which  they  have  been  furnished,  nor  will  they  be  transferred  to  officers 


154  TRANSPORTATION. 

who  are  not  authorized  to  receive  them.  If  lost  or  stolen,  a  report,  giving- 
numbers  and  series  of  those  missing  and  circumstances  attending  loss,  will 
be  made  at  once  to  the  chief  quartermaster  of  the  department  and  the  Quar- 
termaster-General, and  the  former  will  notify  the  transportation  lines  in  his 
department  and  vicinity  not  to  honor  them, 

1 106.  The  stub  of  the  request,  containing  its  substance,  and  showing 
by  what  authority  and  for  what  pui-pose  issued,  will  })e  preserved  as  part  of 
the  permanent  record  of  the  post  or  office  from  which  the  issue  was  made. 

Ferries,  Turnpikes  and  Bridges. 

1107.  Whenever  it  shall  be  necessary  for  troops,  teams,  or  employees  in 
the  military  service  to  pass  on  public  duty  over  a  legally  constituted  toll 
bridge,  ferry,  or  turnpike,  the  officer  or  person  in  charge  of  the  party  will 
apply  to  the  nearest  quartermaster  for  a  request  for  such  passage.  If  he 
can  not  obtain  it,  he  will  give  to  the  keeper  of  the  bridge,  ferry,  or  turnpike 
a  certificate  stating  the  number  of  persons  and  whether  mounted  or  on  foot, 
number  of  loose  animals,  teams  and  animals  to  each  team,  for  which  toll  or 
ferriage  is  due,  and  showing  that  the  travel  is  on  public  duty.  Accounts- 
for  such  service,  accompanied  by  the  request,  or  certificates  duly  receipted, 
will  be  presented  to  the  nearest  disbursing  quartermaster  for  settlement, 
who,  before  payment,  will  satisfy  himself  that  the  rates  charged  do  not  exceed 
those  authorized,  or  paid  by  private  individuals,  and  that  the  indebtedness 
was  necessarily  incurred  for  the  public  service.  Payment  may  be  made  at 
the  authorized  or  usual  rates,  unless  more  favorable  terms  can  be  obtained. 

Street-Car  and  Ferry  Tickets. 

IIOS.  Written  requests  for  street  car  and  ferry  tickets  will  be  prepared 
by  quartermasters  and  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster-General  for  authority 
to  purchase.  These  requests  will  state  the  number,  character,  and  cost  of 
the  tickets  required,  and  the  officers  submitting  them  will  certify  that  the 
tickets  are  for  use  in  messenger  service  in  the  public  business.  The  tickets 
when  purchased  will  be  taken  up  on  the  return  and  expended  solely  in  the 
performance  of  messenger  service  on  public  duty.  In  cases  where  street 
car  or  ferry  companies  have  no  tickets  for  sale,  reimbursement  for  fare 
paid  may  be  made  on  a  service  voucher. 

Sleeping  Car. 

1109.  The  following  persons  are  entitled,  at  public  expense,  to  a  double 
berth  in  a  sleeping  car,  or  to  the  customary  stateroom  accommodations  on 
steamers  where  extra  charge  is  made  for  the  same :  Officers  of  the  Army  trav- 
eling on  duty  with  troops ;  civilian  clerks  and  agents  in  the  military  service 
when  traveling  under  orders  on  public  business ;  sergeant-majors,  ordnance, 
commissary,  and  quartermaster  sergeants  (post  or  regimental),  hospital 
stewards,  chief  musicians,  principal  musicians,  chief  trumpeters,  saddler- 
sergeants,  and  sergeants  of  the  Signal  Corps,  when  traveling  under  orders 
on  public  business  without  troops  ;  also  invalid  soldiers  when  so  traveling 
on  the  certificate  of  a  medical  officer  showing  the  necessity  therefor.  Offi- 
cers of  the  Army  traveling  with  troops  on  day  journeys  are  entitled  to  seats 
in  day  parlor  cars,  provided  such  privilege  is  not  covered  by  sleeping  car 
accommodations  already  held  by  them. 


TRA.NSPORTATION.  155 

1110.  Quartermasters  providing  parlor  and  sleeping  car  accommoda- 
tions will  issue  requests  therefor,  and  state  therein  the  number  of  berths  or 
seats  required. 

1111.  When  a  journey  is  to  be  performed  covering  the  route  of  more 
than  one  sleeping  or  parlor  car,  separate  requests  will  be  issued  for  accom- 
modations in  each  car  in  which  the  person  is  to  travel. 

111!^.  The  holder  of  a  request  which  calls  for  sleeping  or  parlor  car 
a^jcommodations  will  receipt  for  the  number  of  berths  or  seats  furnished, 
naming  the  points  between  which  they  were  furnished. 

1113.  Persons  holding  requests  for  sleeping  or  parlor  car  accommoda- 
tions will,  whenever  practicable,  present  them  to  the  proper  agent,  and 
obtain  tickets  for  the  number  of  berths  or  seats  required,  before  commenc- 
ing the  journey.  When  not  practicable  to  do  so,  berths  or  seats  will  be 
secured  from^he  conductor  of  the  car. 

1114.  Special  sleeping  or  parlor  cars  will  not  be  chartered  when  the 
expense  exceeds  the  cost  of  the  berths  or  seats  authorized  to  be  furnished. 

1115.  When  it  is  impracticable  for  agents  or  conductors  to  furnish  berths 
or  seats  in  sleeping  or  parlor  cars,  the  holder  of  the  request  will,  on  the 
termination  of  his  journey,  return  it  to  the  issuing  officer  with  a  statement 
of  the  reasons  why  it  has  not  been  used,  and  that  officer  will  account  for  it 
on  his  return. 

1116.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  pay  accounts  for  sleeping 
and  parlor  car  accommodations  when  made  out  in  the  name  of  the  company 
furnishing  them ,  and  based  upon  requests  issued  by  quartermasters.  In  set- 
tlement it  will  not  allow  for  a  greater  number  of  berths  or  seats  than  is  called 
for  in  the  request,  although  more  may  have  been  receipted  for  ;  and  when  a 
less  number  has  been  receipted  for  than  the  request  mentions,  it  will  pay  in 
accordance  with  the  receipt.  When  the  receipt  covers  a  greater  number  of 
berths  or  seats  than  is  called  for  in  the  request,  the  disbursing  officer  will 
report  the  fact  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  but  payment  for  the  author- 
ized number  will  not  be  delayed. 

1117*  An  officer  traveling  with  troops  who  incurs  expense  for  authorized 
sleepmg  or  parlor  car  accommodations,  when  it  is  impracticable  to  obtain  a 
request  therefor,  will  be  reimbursed  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department, 
upon  application  supported  by  a  receipt  for  the  amount  paid  by  him  and  a 
copy  of  the  orders  under  which  the  journey  "was  performed. 

Transportation  of  Baggage. 

Ills.  In  changing  station  an  officer's  authorized  allowance  of  baggage 
will  be  turned  over  to  a  quartermaster  for  transportation  as  freight  by  ordi- 
nary freight  lines,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  department  commander 
or  higher  authority.  No  reimbursement  will  be  made  to  an  officer  who,  under 
such  circumstances,  sends  packages  by  express  or  ships  and  pays  for  the 
transportation  of  his  baggage. 


156  TRANSPORTATION. 

1119.  The  baggage  to  be  transported  at  public  expense,  including  mess 
chests  and  personal  baggage,  upon  change  of  station,  will  not  exceed  the 
following  weights  . 


Rank. 


In  the 
field. 


Changing 
station. 


I 

I  Pounds. 

Major-general 1,000 

Brigadier-general 700 

Field  officer... ....!  500 

Captain 300 

First  lieutenant 150 

Second  lieutenant 150 

Acting  assistant  surgeon 150 

Veterinary  surgeon 150 

Post  and  regimental  noncommissioned  staff  officer,  hospital  stew- 
ard, chief  musician,  and  sergeant  of  the  Signal  Corps,  each 


Pounds. 
3,500 
2,800 
2,400 
2,000 
1,700 
1,500 
1,200 
500 

500 


These  allowances  are  in  excess  of  the  weights  transported  free  of  charge 
under  the  regular  fares  by  public  carriers.  They  may  be  reduced  pro  rata 
by  the  commanding  officer,  if  necessary,  and  may,  in  special  cases,  be 
increased  by  the  War  Department  on  transports  by  water.  Shipments  of 
officers'  allowance  of  baggage  will  in  all  cases  be  made  at  carrier's  risk, 
including  those  over  roads  where  tariffs  provide  for  extra  charge  therefor. 

1120.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  transport  the  authorized 
change  of  station  allowance  of  baggage  and  professional  books  and  papers 
for  officers  or  enlisted  men  upon  retirement,  or  who  die  in  the  service,  from 
their  last  duty  stations  to  such  places  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States 
as  may  be  the  homes  of  their  families,  or  as  maybe  designated  by  their  legal 
representatives  or  executors. 

1121.  Transportation  of  change  of  station  allowance  of  baggage  is  author- 
ized for  such  contract  surgeons  as  may  be  employed,  when  they  join  for  duty 
under  the  first  order,  and  also  on  return  to  their  homes  on  the  termination 
of  their  contracts,  if  provided  for  in  the  contracts.  Graduates  of  the  Mili- 
tary Academy  and  officers  promoted  from  the  ranks  will  be  furnished  with 
transportation  for  field  allowance  of  baggage  on  their  first  assignment  to 
duty  as  commissioned  officers.  With  these  exceptions,  transportation  of  bag- 
gage at  public  expense  is  not  authorized  for  officers  joining  for  duty  on  first 
appointment  to  military  service,  nor  upon  reinstatement  or  reappointment, 
nor  to  effect  transfers  from  one  company  or  regiment  to  another  at  the 
request  of  parties  transferred.  Officers  ordered  on  temporary  duty  and 
officers  going  abroad  as  military  attaches  are  not  entitled  to  such  transpor- 
tation. An  officer  detailed  as  attache,  however,  is  entitled  to  have  his  full 
allowance  transported  from  the  post  he  leaves  to  his  home,  or  to  the  nearest 
convenient  place  of  storage,  and  upon  resuming  duty  in  this  country  from 
such  place  of  storage  to  his  post  of  duty.  While  on  journeys  as  an  attach^, 
the  cost  of  transporting  his  personal  baggage  can  not  be  paid  by  the  Quarter- 
master's Department. 

1122.  The  Quartermasters  Department  will  furnish  transportation  for 
the  prescribed  regimental  and  company  desks,  for  the  books,  papers,  and 
instruments  of  staff  officers  necessarj'-  to  the  performance  of  their  duties, 
and  for  the  medical  chests  of  medical  officers ;  also  for  the  professional  books 
of  officers  changing  station,  officers  ordered  home  for  retirement,  gradu- 
ates of  the  Military  Academy,  and  officers  joining  on  first  appointment, 


TRANSPORTATION.  157 

which  the}'  certify  belong  to  them  and  partain  to  their  official  duties; 
also  the  professional  books  of  hospital  stewards  changing  station,  not  exceed- 
ing two  hundred  pounds  in  weight.  Invoices  of  packages  turned  over  to 
the  shipping  officer  will  be  accompanied  by  the  certificate  of  the  officer  as 
to  character  of  books,  and  a  certified  copy  will  be  attached  to  the  bill  of 
lading  issued  at  the  initial  point  of  shipment.  The  certificate  as  to  the 
character  of  the  books  of  a  hospital  steward  will  be  given  by  the  medical 
officer  under  whom  he  last  served. 

Transportation  of  Supplies. 

1123.  Quartermasters  will,  prior  to  shipment,  securely  pack,  seal,  and 
weigh  all  quartermaster's  supplies,  if  practicable. 

1124.  Quartermasters  and  agents  shipping  public  property  or  baggage 
will  mark  every  package  with  the  name  and  station  of  the  officer  to  whom  con- 
signed, and  will  number  them  consecutively.  Packages  of  quartermaster's 
supplies  should,  so  far  as  practicable,  bear  consecutive  numbers,  to  be  pre- 
ceded or  followed  by  the  numbers  given  to  the  packages  of  other  classes  of 
property  shipped  at  the  same  time ;  but  no  two  packages  of  the  same  ship- 
ment will  bear  the  same  number,  except  in  case  of  reshipment  of  packages 
already  numbered.  When  supplies  are  shipped  in  large  quantities,  and  in 
packages  of  like  dimensions  and  weight,  numbering  may  be  omitted.  In 
cases  of  reshipment,  stores  will  be  re-marked  if  necessary  by  the  officer 
required  to  reship  them. 

1125.  Officers  turnmg  over  property  to  a  quartermaster  for  transporta- 
tion will  plainly  mark  each  package  with  the  name  and  address  of  con- 
signee, a  list  of  its  contents,  its  weight,  and  "U.  S." 

1126.  An  officer  who  turns  over  supplies  to  another  for  transportation 
in  the  best  condition  in  which  it  is  possible  to  put  them  is  relieved  from  any 
further  responsibility  therefor  by  the  receipt  of  the  officer  to  whom  they  are 
intrusted  for  transportation.  Should  the  officer  to  whom  the  stores  are  con- 
signed discover  damage  or  deficiency,  he  will  apply  for  a  board  of  survey, 
before  which  all  concerned  will  be  heard  in  person  or  by  letter.  The  board 
will  ascertain  and  determine  the  amount  and  condition  of  the  stores  actually 
delivered  to  the  receiving  officer,  who  will  receipt  to  the  officer  intrusted 
with  their  transportation  for  the  amount  and  quantity  so  determined.  The 
latter  officer  will  be  held  responsil&le  for  all  damages  or  deficiency,  unless 
relieved  therefrom  by  the  report  of  the  board  of  survey,  duly  approved  by 
the  reviewing  authority. 

1127.  When  a  quartermaster  receives  supplies,  transported  by  a  com- 
mon carrier  under  agreement  with  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  which 
do  not  correspond  to  the  invoice  because  of  damage  or  deficiency  not  attrib- 
utable to  ordinary  loss  or  wastage,  the  facts  will  be  fully  investigated  by 
a  board  of  survey  (unless  the  carrier  voluntarily  assumes  liability  for  the 
loss)  and  the  money  value  of  the  damage  or  deficiency  will  be  charged  to 
the  party  responsible  therefor,  whether  the  shipping  officer  or  carrier.  The 
authority  which  calls  the  board  will,  as  soon  as  possible,  transmit  copies  of 
its  proceedings  to  the  forwarding  and  receiving  officers  and  to  the  officer 
authorized  to  pay  the  account.  In  case  the  responsibility  is  fixed  upon  the 
carrier,  the  receiving  officer  will  note  on  the  bill  of  lading  the  deductions 
which  should  be  made  for  such  loss  or  danmge  by  the  quartermaster  who 
pays  the  account.     The  latter  will  make  the  deduction  and  refund  the 


158  TRANSPORTATION. 

amount  stopped  to  the  proper  department,  in  the  following  manner,  for 
example  :  If  from  an  account  of  $100  for  transportation  services  tnere  is  a 
deduction  of  $25  for  ordnance  stores  lost,  the  quartermaster  will  take  credit 
under  the  head  "  Transportation  of  the  Army  "  for  $75  paid  to  the  carrier, 
and  also  for  $25  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United 
States  on  account  of  the  Ordnance  Department ;  but  if  the  deduction  is  on 
account  of  forage  lost  by  the  carrier,  he  will  take  credit  on  his  account 
current,  under  transportation,  for  $25  as  carried  to  ••  Regular  Supplies," 
under  which  head  he  will  charge  himself  with  that  amount. 

112S.  Transportation  by  express,  when  in  excess  of  cost  by  ordinary 
freight,  must  be  limited  to  emergencies,  and  vouchers  in  payment  must  show 
the  emergency  and  authority  for  such  transportation.  Upon  application 
approved  by  the  department  commander,  a  quartermaster  may  transport 
public  funds  by  express.  In  such  cases  he  will  receipt  only  for  so  many 
sealed  packages  said  to  contain  so  much  public  money.  When  an  absent 
disbursing  officer  sends  his  check  to  the  order  of  the  quartermaster,  request- 
ing him  to  express  the  amount  named  therein,  the  latter  will  receipt  for  the 
actual  amount  to  be  transported.  In  case  of  loss  of  funds  by  unavoidable 
accident,  the  shipping  officer  will  not  be  held  responsible,  and  the  officer 
accountable  for  the  funds  must  seek  relief  through  application  to  the  Court 
of  Claims  or  to  Congress. 

Transportation  for  other  Departments. 

1129.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  ship  all  freight  that  maybe 
delivered  to  it,  securely  packed  and  properly  marked,  by  any  of  the  Execu- 
tive Departments  or  bureaus  of  the  Government.  Separate  bills  of  lading 
will  be  used  and  the  following  notation  made  thereon :  ' '  Payable  by  the 
Treasury  Department,"" "  the  Navy  Department,"  "  the  Interior  Department," 
"  the  National  Museum,"  "  the  United  States  Fish  Commission,"  etc.  When 
practicable,  the  bureau  to  which  the  freight  pertains  will  be  stated,  for 
example:  "Payable  by  the  Navy  Department,  Bureau  of  Ordnance." 
Accounts  in  duplicate,  supported  by  these  bills  of  lading,  will  be  prepared 
by  any  quartermaster  to  whom  they  may  be  presented,  and  will  be  forwarded 
to  the  Quartermaster-General.  In  making  up  the  accounts  the  same  plan 
as  to  deduction  on  account  of  land  grant  or  bond  aided  railroads  will  be 
pursued  as  in  accounts  for  transportation  of  other  Government  property. 

1130.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  is  authorized  to  ship  (under  the 
regulations  governing  the  transportation  of  military  property,  and  on  the 
same  forms  of  bills  of  lading)  articles  donated  to  the  Medical  Museum  at 
Washington,  the  library  and  museum  of  the  Military  Service  Institution  at 
Governors  Island,  N.  Y.,  or  the  United  States  Military  Academy  at  West 
Point,  N.  Y.  Packages  will  be  marked  with  the  name  of  the  institution, 
and  sent  in  care  of  depot  quartermaster  at  Washington  or  New  York,  or 
quartermaster  at  West  Point. 

1131.  Arms,  ordnance  stores,  and  quartermaster's  supplies,  issued  to  the 
several  States  and  Territories  under  the  laws  for  arming  and  equipping  the 
militia,  will  be  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  trans- 
portation and  delivery  at  the  railroad  depot  or  steamboat  dock  nearest  to 
the  point  within  the  State  or  Territory  designated  by  the  governor  thereof. 
Separate  bills  of  lading  will  be  used  in  shipping  this  property. 


TRANSPORTATION. 


159 


1132.  A  quartermaster  is  authorized  to  transport  books  and  musical 
instruments  purchased  for,  or  donated  to,  post  chapels  or  to  post  or  company 
libraries. 

Bills  of  Lading. 

1 133.  Public  property  will  be  transported  on  bills  of  lading,  which  will 
be  numbered  consecutively  in  the  order  of  shipment,  beginning  with  the 
first  shipment  of  each  fiscal  year.  They  will  consist  of  two  parts,  the  origi- 
nal and  duplicate,  each  to  be  certified  by  the  shipping  officer  and  receipted 
by  the  carrier. 

1134.  Bills  of  lading  will  be  prepared  in  the  name  of  the  carrier,  and 
will  show  the  points  between  which  transportation  is  required,  also  places 
of  original  departure  and  ultimate  destination  of  the  freight. 

1 135.  Bills  of  lading  will  show  the  number,  marks,  contents,  and  weight 
or  measurement  of  each  package  or  class  of  packages  to  be  transported,  as 
follows : 


Marks. 


Maj  Geo.  Bliss, 

C.  S.,  U.  S.  A., 

Washington,  D.  C. 

U.  S.  property. 


Maj.  John  Bell, 

Depot  Q.  M., 

Washington,  D.  C. 

U.  S.  property. 


Capt.  John  Smith, 
Q.  M.,  U.  S.  A., 

Georgetown,  D.  C. 
U".  S.  property. 


Lt.  Jas.  Smith.  1st 

Inf.,  Ft.  Monroe,  Va. 

Changing  station. 

Private  property. 


Co.  I,  1st  Infantry, 
Co.  property. 
Ft.  Myer,  Va. 


Com'd'g.  Officer, 
Rock  Island  Arsenal. 

from 
Capt.  John  A.  Robin- 
son, 7th  Inf. 


No 


1  to  20 
21  to  30 
31  to  3o 
36  to  40 

41  to  45 

46  to  50 

51 

52 

53  to  55 

56  to  60 
61  &  62 
63  to  65 
66  to  70 
71  to  75 
76  &  77 
78  to  80 
81  &  82 

83  &  84 
8o  to  88 
89  to  91 


92  «fe  93 

94 

95  &  96 


No.  of 
packages. 


Contents. 


20  boxes. 

10  do  . 

5  do  . 

5  do  . 

5  do  - 

5  do  - 

1  do  - 


lis . . . 


1  kei 
3  col 


5  bales... 

2  do    ... 

3  boxes.. 
5  do  .. 
5  kegs . . . 

2  do    ... 

3  do  ... 
2  bundles 


Canned  corned  beef. . 

Dried  salmon.. 

Evaporated  peaches . 
Canned  tomatoes 


Blacksmith's  tools. 
Carpenter's  tools  . . 

Mason's  tools 

Chains 

Rope  ..., 


Coats 

Sheets 

Hats 

Shoes 

Horseshoes 

Horseshoe  nails. 

Cnt  nails 

Bar  iron.- 


2  boxes..!  Baggage 

4  pkgs...!  Furniture 

3chests!!l  Prof,  books,  papers,  instru- 
ments, etc.  (as  the  case  may 
be). 


2  boxes. 

1  do     . 

2  do     . 

1    do     . 


Books 

Field  desk 

Band  instruments 


Bayonet  scabbards  and  belts. 


Total. 


Weight, 


1,200 

1,500 

300 

300 


384 
236 
372 
648 

550 
120 
200 
500 
600 
75 
360 
300 


800 
900 
100 


754 
100 
326 

160 


11,645 


*The  contents  should  be  shown  in  sufficient  detail  to  enable  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  to  recover  in  case  of  loss,  as  well  as  to  know  in  all  cases  what  was  actually 
transported. 


1136.  In  the  transportation  of  baggage  'with  officers  or  troops,  the  bill 
of  lading  should  show  plainly  whether  the  whole  weight  specified  in  the 
bill  is  to  be  paid  for  by  the  United  States,  or  whether  a  deduction  is  to  be 
made  for  the  number  of  pounds  allowed  each  passenger  by  the  carrier.  In 
the  latter  case,  if  the  actual  number  of  pounds  to  be  deducted  is  not  known, 
the  number  of  persons  receiving  transportation  will  be  stated. 


160  TRANSPORTATION. 

1137.  Personal  baggage  of  officers  will  not  be  shipped  on  Government 
bill  of  lading,  except  such  quantity  as  is  transported  at  Government  expense 
in  change  of  station,  unless  transi)ortation  by  wagon  or  other  conveyance 
owned  by  the  United  States  is  furnished. 

1138.  In  transporting  by  rail,  the  number  of  animals,  number  and  weight 
of  packages,  number  of  feet  of  lumber  or  pieces  of  timber  and  dimensions 
will  be  expressed  in  the  bill  of  lading  in  figures  as  well  as  number  of  car 
loads ;  and  when  transportation  is  to  be  paid  for  by  weight,  the  number  of 
pounds  will  be  stated.  In  shipments  by  water  at  cubic  measurement,  the 
same  rules  as  to  number,  weight,  and  measurement  will  be  observed.  The 
officer  receiving  the  property,  in  certifying  to  its  correctness,  will  write  out 
the  weight  in  words  and  figures. 

1139.  Erasures,  interlineations,  or  alterations  in  bills  of  lading  must  be 
explained  thereon  by  the  issuing  or  other  competent  officer  over  his  signature. 

1140.  In  no  case  will  a  second  original  or  duplicate  bill  of  lading,  or  a 
copy  of  a  bill  of  lading  be  issued  to  the  carrier  for  any  shipment,  nor  will  a 
bill  of  lading  be  issued  after  the  transportation  service  has  been  performed. 

1141.  The  rate  of  transportation  charges  and  the  initial  letters  of  each 
road  by  which  the  supplies  are  to  be  transmitted  will  be  inserted  in  the  bill 
of  lading. 

1142.  The  original  bill  of  lading  will  be  given  to  the  carrier  at  the  time 
the  shipment  is  made,  and  upon  the  delivery  of  the  property  in  good  order 
and  condition  will  be  receipted  by  the  consignee  and  returned  to  the  carrier 
with  such  further  indorsement  as  may  be  necessary  to  insure  settlement. 
The  duplicate  will  be  promptly  transmitted  by  the  shipping  officer  to  the 
consignee,  and  upon  delivery  of  the  property  will  be  receipted  in  like  man- 
ner as  the  original  and  forwarded  to  the  paying  officer.  If  the  shipping 
officer  is  not  the  paying  officer,  he  will  be  notified  by  letter  of  the  receipt  of 
the  supplies  and  their  condition  when  received. 

1143.  Bills  of  lading  w^ill  be  made  payable  by  the  chief  quartermaster  of 
the  department  in  which  the  supplies  are  to  be  delivered,  unless  some  other 
officer  has  been  designated  to  pay  them. 

1144.  Bills  of  lading  issued  for  supplies  to  be  forwarded  by  conveyance 
owned  or  leased  by  the  Government  will  show  that  no  payment  is  to  be 
made  for  the  service. 

1145.  Transportation  should  be  jjrovided  to  ultimate  destination  and  on 
through  bills  of  lading  when  practicable.  When  not  practicable,  or  when 
through  or  special  rates  can  not  be  secured,  transportation  will  be  furnished 
to  the  most  convenient  point  for  forwarding  to  ultimate  destination  or  to 
the  farthest  point  to  which  through  or  special  rates  can  be  obtained. 

1 146.  In  transportation  of  public  stores  over  a  line  of  roads,  one  of  which 
is  land  grant  and  subject  to  deduction  of  rates,  or  is  not  entitled  to  payment 
for  transporting  such  stores,  separate  bills  of  lading,  stating  that  it  is  land 
grant,  may  be  issued  to  it  if  requested. 

1147.  Bills  of  lading  will  not  be  issued  so  as  to  include  service  beyond 
the  termination  of  any  road  owned,  leased,  controlled,  or  operated  by  a  bond 
aided  railroad  company.  When  such  service  is  required,  separate  bills  of 
lading  will  be  issued,  but  none  to  include  service  over  more  than  one  bond 
aided  road  with  its  leased  lines  and  branches;  the  issue  of  separate  bills  for 
through  transportation  is  for  the  convenience  of  railroads  only,  in  settling 


TRANSPORTATION.  161 

their  accounts,  and  will  not  commit  the  United  States  to  the  payment  of 
local  rates  for  any  portion  of  the  through  transportation.  Such  bills  will 
indicate  the  point  of  original  departure  and  ultimate  destination  of  the 
freight  transported. 

1148.  In  the  absence  of  the  consignee  or  on  his  failure  to  receipt,  the 
officer  receipting  will  certify  that  he  is  duly  authorized  to  do  so,  and  why 
the  consignee  does  not  receipt.  Clerks  and  agents  are  not  authorized  to 
receipt  bills  of  lading  unless  the  stores  are  consigned  to  them  or  to  their  care* 

1149.  In  case  of  loss  or  damage  to  property  while  in  possession  of  the 
carrier,  the  bills  of  lading  will  not  be  receipted  until  such  loss  or  damage  is 
decided  upon  and  the  responsibility  therefor  fixed,  except  that  when  the 
loss  or  damage  has  been  ascertained  and  the  responsibility  fixed  without  the 
action  of  a  board,  the  bill  may  be  receipted  and  an  indorsement  made  thereon 
stating  the  kind  of  property  lost  or  damaged,  its  weight  or  measurement, 
its  full  value  including  cost  of  transportation,  and  the  name  of  the  company 
or  party  responsible  therefor.  When  a  receipted  bill  of  lading  is  demanded 
by  the  carrier,  it  may  be  receipted  by  the  receiving  officer  after  noting 
thereon  the  loss  or  damage  which  is  apparent,  and  adding  that  final  settle- 
ment will  await  the  action  of  a  board  of  survey.  All  the  indorsements 
of  the  receiving  officer  on  the  original  bill  of  lading  will  be  put  upon  the 
duplicate. 

1150.  Payment  will  be  made  on  the  original  bill  of  lading  properly 
receipted  and  accomplished,  but  not  until  the  duplicate  has  been  received 
by  the  paying  officer,  except  as  provided  in  the  following  paragraph. 

1151.  In  case  of  loss  or  destruction  of  one  part  of  the  bill  of  lading,  the 
paying  officer,  after  satisfying  himself  of  the  fact,  will  report  it  to  the  Quar- 
termaster-General with  recommendation  as  to  payment. 

1152.  In  case  both  parts  of  the  bill  of  lading  have  been  lost  or  destroyed, 
the  shipping  officer,  upon  the  application  of  either  the  carrier,  the  consignee, 
or  the  paying  officer,  will  issue  a  certificate  in  duplicate,  in  the  prescribed 
form.  This  certificate  may  be  given  by  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  records 
of  the  post  or  depot,  although  he  may  not  have  made  the  shipment.  Entry 
should  be  made  in  the  shipping  book  of  the  loss  of  both  parts  of  the  bill 
of  lading,  and  of  the  fact  that  the  certificate  has  been  issued.  The 
certificate  will  be  forwarded  to  the  consignee,  who  will  indorse  thereon  his 
certificate  as  to  the  receipt  of  the  property  and  its  condition.  If  a  board  of 
survey  has  acted  on  the  shipment,  he  will  attach  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  to 
the  certificate. 

1153.  A  shipping  officer  will  give  his  certificate  only  when  necessary  to 
enable  the  carrier  to  receive  payment,  and  not  until  he  has  satisfied  himself , 
by  correspondence  with  the  officer  to  whom  the  stores  were  shipped  and  the 
officer  designated  to  make  payment,  that  neither  part  is  in  their  possession. 
He  will  also  require  the  affidavit  of  the  carrier,  stating  that  neither  part  of 
the  bill  of  lading  is  in  his  possession  nor  can  be  traced  by  him,  and  if  subse- 
quently found  that  he  will  make  no  demand  thereon,  but  will  at  once  surren- 
der it  to  the  United  States.  Upon  this  evidence,  and  with  the  authority  of 
the  Quartermaster-General,  payment  may  be  made  for  the  service.  In  case 
either  or  both  parts  of  the  bill  of  lading  should  subsequently  be  recovered 
by  the  shipping  officer,  he  will  note  the  fact  in  the  shipping  book  and  forward 
the  same  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 

12851  A  B 11 


162  TRANSPORTATION. 

1154.  Officers  will  satisfy  themselves  of  the  loss  of  the  original  bill  of 
lading  before  they  surrender  the  duplicate  to  the  carrier.  If  lost  while  in 
the  possession  of  an  officer,  his  certificate  will  be  sufficient. 

1155.  In  case  of  the  loss  of  a  bill  of  lading  while  stores  are  in  transit, 
railroad  companies  are  requested  to  forward  them  to  destination,  taking 
such  receipts  as  they  may  deem  necessary  to  show  delivery  to  connecting 
lines.  They  will  present  these  receipts  instead  of  the  bill  of  lading  to  the 
disbursing  quartermaster,  who,  after  having  satisfied  himself  of  their  cor- 
rectness, will  make  payment  as  directed  in  paragraph  1158. 

1156.  Payment  in  case  of  loss  of  either  or  both  parts  of  a  bill  of  lading 
will  be  promptly  reported  to  the  Quartermaster-General  by  the  disbursing 
officer,  who  will  give  description  of  bill  of  lading,  or  certificate,  and  voucher 
on  which  payment  is  made. 

1157.  To  insure  prompt  delivery  of  stores  in  the  absence  of  both  parts 
of  the  bill  of  lading,  the  consignee  may  give  to  the  carrier  a  receipt  for  the 
stores  actually  delivered,  which  will  state  that  it  is  given  because  the  bill  of 
lading  has  not  come  to  hand.  The  receipt  will  be  recovered  and  destroyed 
by  the  officer  who  issued  it,  on  the  recovery  of  the  bills  of  lading,  or  Avhen 
the  certificate  provided  for  in  paragraph  1152  shall  have  been  given. 

115S.  Payment  for  transportation  will  be  made  to  the  last  carrier, 
unless  otherwise  provided  in  the  bill  of  lading,  and  only  for  the  quantity  of 
stores  delivered  at  destination,  except  that  in  case  of  loss  of  weight  from 
natural  shrinkage  en  route,  the  weight  shipped,  as  shown  in  bill  of  lading, 
will  be  paid  for,  provided  the  packages  are  delivered  intact.  The  payee  will 
be  held  responsible  for  all  loss  or  damage  to  stores  while  in  transit  (unless 
relieved  by  a  board  of  survey) ,  and  such  loss  or  damage  will  be  deducted  in 
making  settlement  for  the  service. 

1159.  Officers  in  settling  accounts  for  transportation,  or  forwarding 
them  to  the  Quartermaster-General  for  settlement,  will  obtain  from  the 
companies  or  lines  employed  authentic  and  official  lists  of  tariffs  in  force 
at  date  of  service,  and  will  attach  to  the  first  account  so  settled  or  for- 
warded two  copies  thereof  (one  for  the  use  of  that  office  and  one  for  the 
Treasury),  and  thereafter,  as  each  account  is  settled  or  forwarded,  will 
refer  to  said  lists  as  long  as  they  are  in  force .  When  current  rates  are  charged , 
a  certificate  of  the  proper  agent  of  the  line  or  company  performing  the  serv- 
ice should  be  appended  to  the  account,  setting  forth  that  such  rates  were 
the  current  and  lowest  rates  charged  the  public  at  the  time  the  service  was 
rendered.  When  charges  such  as  drayage,  wharfage,  tolls,  etc.,  are  made 
as  part  of  an  account,  they  will  be  fully  and  separately  set  forth  in  the 
voucher. 

1160.  When  public  tariffs  do  not  include  the  specific  articles  shipped, 
the  rates  and  classification  of  articles  analogous  thereto  will  govern.  If 
articles  analogous  can  not  be  found  in  the  tariff  lists,  the  companies  will  be 
requested  to  classify  the  articles  transported. 

Land  Grant  and  Bond  Aided  Railroads. 

1161.  General  orders  will  be  issued  containing  full  information  as  to 
land  grant  and  bond  aided  railroads,  and  directing  the  mode  of  stating  and 
rendering  accounts  of  such  roads  for  military  transportation. 

1162.  Quartermasters  will  be  designated  to  receive  and  prepare  the 
accounts  of  these  railroad  companies. 


CLOTHING  AND  EQUIPAGE.  163 

CLOTHING   AND   EQUIPAGE. 

1163.  A  table  showing  the  price  of  clothing  and  equipage  for  the  Army, 
the  allowance  of  clothing  in  kind  to  each  soldier  for  each  year  of  his  enlist- 
ment, and  his  clothing  money  allowance  for  each  year  and  day  thereof,  also 
the  allowance  of  equipage  to  officers  and  enlisted  men,  will  be  published  in 
orders. 

1161.  Estimates  of  clothing  and  equipage  will  be  made  quarterly  as 
follows  :  On  January  1  for  a  supply  to  last  until  June  30 ;  on  April  1,  until 
September  30 ;  on  July  1,  until  December  31;  on  October  1,  until  March  31. 
Each  company  or  detachment  commander  will  prepare  these  estimates  on 
the  prescribed  form  and  forward  one  copy  to  the  post  commander  at  the 
beginning  of  the  period  for  which  the  estimate  is  made.  They  will  be 
based  on  the  authorized  strength  of  the  command  and  will  show  the  quan- 
tities and  sizes  of  the  articles  required  and  of  those  on  hand. 

1165.  The  post  commander,  after  careful  revision  of  these  estimates,  will 
cause  the  quartermaster  to  consolidate  them  and  add  such  articles  as  may 
be  needed  for  post  purposes  for  the  same  period.  Company  or  detachment 
estimates  will  be  retained  in  the  office  of  the  quartermaster  for  the  infor- 
mation and  guidance  of  those  concerned. 

1166.  The  quartermaster  will  forward,  through  the  regular  channel, 
two  copies  of  the  consolidated  post  estimates  to  the  chief  quartermaster  of 
the  department,  accompanied  by  a  statement  showing  the  articles  of  clothing 
(specifying  sizes),  equipage  and  materials  on  hand  at  the  post  in  excess  of 
the  requirements  of  the  service  for  the  period  covered  by  the  estimate. 
Chief  quartermasters  will  report  to  the  Quartermaster-General  any  unnec- 
essary accumulation  of  clothing  or  equipage  at  a  post. 

1167.  After  revision  and  approval  of  the  post  estimates  at  department 
headquarters,  the  chief  quartermaster  will  forward  the  same  so  as  to  reach 
the  Quartermaster-General's  Office  not  later  than  February  1,  May  I.August 
1,  and  November  1,  respectively. 

1 16S.  If  at  the  time  estimates  are  prepared  it  be  known  that  any  of  the 
troops  are  to  change  station,  their  estimates  will  not  be  included  in  the  post 
estimates,  but  will  be  forwarded  separately.  The  new  station  to  which  the 
supplies  should  be  sent  will  be  stated. 

1169.  Should  the  quantity  of  clothing  and  equipage  supplied  upon  the 
periodical  estimates  prove  inadequate,  a  special  estimate  in  duplicate  giving 
reasons  therefor  should  be  made  and  forwarded  through  proper  channels  to 
the  Quartermaster-General. 

1170.  Officers  of  the  recruiting  service  will,  prior  to  the  beginning  of 
each  quarter,  forward  estimates  for  a  three  months'  supply  of  clothing  and 
equipage  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  who,  after  revision,  will 
transmit  them  to  the  Quartermaster-General.  These  estimates  should  be 
made  in  duplicate  and  be  accompanied  by  a  list  of  such  articles  as  may  be 
on  hand  and  not  required  for  use  during  the  period  estimated  for. 

1171.  Clothing  and  equipage  required  by  the  Engineer  Battalion  and 
ordnance  detachments  will  be  estimated  for  at  the  dates  and  for  the  periods 
indicated  in  paragraph  1164.  The  estimates  will  be  made  in  duplicate  and 
forwarded  to  the  chiefs  of  the  respective  corps,  who,  after  revision,  will 
transmit  them  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 


164 


CLOTHING    AND    EQUIPAGE. 


1 1 72,  After  the  clothing  and  equipage  are  received  at  a  post,  the  quarter- 
master will  make  issues  in  such  (luantities  and  at  such  times  as  the  company 
or  detachment  commanders  may  require  and  as  may  be  approved  by  the 
post  commander.  No  issues  of  garments  of  larger  sizes  than  are  actually 
needed  will  be  made  for  the  purpose  of  altering  them  into  smaller  sizes. 

1173.  All  officers  making  estimates  or  requisitions  for  clothing  and 
equipage  will  conform  to  regulations  and  orders  fixing  allowances.  The 
following  tables  show  the  proportion  of  sizes  to  each  hundred  of  the  articles: 


Articles. 

Sizes  and  proportions  of  each 

Total. 

6i 

H    \      7    1    7i 

Ti 

7| 

Helmets                                      

6 
6 
6 
6 

21  !      31 
21  !      31 
21  1      31 
21  1      31 

26 
26 
26 
28 

12 

12 

12 

1      13 

4 
4 
4 
4 

100 

(?5imr>aicn  hats                                                 .   . 

100 

100 

ClflTivsm  pans                                                 

100 

! 

Articles. 

Sizes  and  proportions  of  each. 

Total. 

1 

2 

^1 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

Boots 

1 

3 
3 
6 
6 
6 
15 

11 
11 
4 
4 
4 
5 

31 
31 

33 
33 

16 
16 

4 
4 

2 
2 



100 

Shoes                         

100 

10 

10 

10 

10 

15 

8 

8 

5 

10 

10 

15 

25 

25 
25 
25 
20 
45 
36 
36 
5 
20 
20 
25 
45 

30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
38 
38 
15 
30 
30 
35 
30 

25 
25 
25 
20 
10 
15 
15 
15 
20 
20 
20 

100 

Ci\7^fvonfit'i 

100 

100 

100 

Stable  frocks            

100 

3 
3 
10 
15 
15 
5 

100 

Overshirts,  dark-blue  flannel.. . 
Trousers  kersey 

100 

5 
5 
5 

10 

5 

10 

10 

5 

6 

100 

T'mn'spi"*;  «;iTminpr 

100 

Trousers,  canvas,  fatigue 

100 

100 

Cnnvnsj  mittpn<* 

100 

Fur  gauntlets 

30 

60 

«0 

.... 

100 

1 

The  sizes  furnished  require  very  little,  if  any.  alteration,  and  estimates 
should  be  made  as  near  the  exact  requirements  of  the  men  as  possible. 

1174.  Should  any  of  the  sizes  of  clothing  specified  in  the  foregoing  par- 
agraph prove  inadequate,  measurements  stated  upon  prescribed  blanks  ^vill 
be  forwarded  with  the  estimate  for  the  garments,  A  certificate  that  the 
enlisted  man  for  whom  such  clothing  is  intended  can  not  be  fitted  with  the 
sizes  of  clothing  furnished  should  accompany  each  requisition.  Additional 
cost  of  manufacture,  as  given  in  annual  price  list,  will  be  charged  in  each 
case. 

1175.  Unmade  uniform  coats,  blouses  and  trousers  will  be  supplied  for 
issue  in  special  cases  to  enlisted  men  at  cost  of  materials.  They  w^ill  be 
obtained  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department  in  the  same  manner  as 
other  articles  of  clothing,  and  it  is  made  the  duty  of  commanding  officers 
to  see  that  this  clothing,  when  made,  conforms  strictly  to  standard  patterns. 
The  materials  for  each  coat,  blouse,  or  pair  of  trousers,  with  the  buttons, 
thread,  needles,  and  all  necessary  trimmings,  will  be  rolled  in  a  bundle, 
which  will  be  securely  fastened  and  marked  with  the  size  of  the  garment. 

1176.  When  unmade  articles  of  clothing  received  by  officers  at  mili- 
tary posts  are  found  to  be  incomplete  but  otherwise  in  good  condition,  they 
will  not  be  submitted  to  an  inspector  for  condemnation,  but  w^ill  be  turned 
over  to  the  nearest  manufacturing  depot  to  be  completed  ;  or  a  requisition 
for  the  missing  parts  may  be  made. 


CLOTHING  AND  EQUIPAGE.  165 

1177.  The  clothing  estimated  for  by  eacK  company  or  detachment  com- 
mander should,  as  a  rule,  be  held  subject  to  its  wants,  but  in  case  of  need  it 
may  be  otherwise  issued,  and  the  quartermaster  will  then  call  for  a  sufficient 
quantity  to  replace  it  if  necessary. 

1178.  When  clothing  is  required,  a  schedule  enumerating  the  articles 
needed  by  each  man  and  the  money  value  of  each  article  will  be  prepared 
by  the  company  or  detachment  commander  on  the  prescribed  form.  This 
schedule  approved  by  the  commanding  officer  will  be  sent  to  the  quarter- 
master, and  when  the  clothing  is  ready  for  issue  the  commander  of  the 
organization  will  be  notified.  Issue  will  be  made  by  the  quartermaster  in 
the  presence  of  a  disinterested  commissioned  officer,  who  will  witness  the 
signatures  of  the  soldiers  ujjon  the  schedule,  and  this  will  be  returned  to  the 
commander  of  the  organization,  with  the  certificate  of  the  quartermaster 
that  the  articles  specified  have  all  been  issued.  The  number  of  each  article 
and  the  total  value  of  all  the  articles  issued  to  each  organization  will  be 
entered  by  the  quartermaster  upon  duplicate  abstracts  of  issues.  The  aggre- 
gate money  value  of  all  the  articles  issued  must  agree  exactly  with  the 
aggregate  value  of  issues  to  individuals,  and  the  witnessing  officer  will  make 
this  verification '  of  the  accuracy  of  the  schedule  before  certifying  to  the 
correctness  of  the  entries  upon  the  abstract. 

The  commander  of  the  organization  and  the  witnessing  officer  will  both 
certify  on  each  copy  of  the  abstract  that  the  issues  were  made  as  stated  in 
schedule  and  abstract,  and  that  the  money  value  of  the  issue  to  each  man 
has  been  entered  in  the  clothing  book.  These  entries  in  the  clothing  book, 
with  date  of  issue  and  name  of  quartermaster,  will  be  attested  by  the  wit- 
nessing officer.  The  abstract  certified  as  required  above,  signed  by  the 
quartermaster  and  approved  by  the  commanding  officer,  will  be  the  voucher 
for  dropping  clothing  from  the  return. 

1179.  At  ungarrisoned  or  isolated  stations  where  it  is  impracticable  to 
have  the  issue  witnessed  as  required  by  paragraph  1178,  the  unwitnessed 
receipts  of  men  for  clothing  issued  to  them  will  be  vouchers  to  the  returns 
of  the  issuing  officer  accompanied  by  his  certificate  that  he  has  charged  on 
their  clothing  accounts  the  money  value  of  the  articles  issued  or  has  notified 
the  proper  officer  to  make  such  charge. 

I  ISO.  Each  soldier's  clothing  account  will  be  kept  by  the  company  com- 
mander in  the  company  clothing  book.  The  account  will  show  the  money 
value  of  the  clothing  received  by  the  soldier  at  each  issue,  and  his  receipt 
therefor  will  be  taken  in  the  book. 

IISI.  Company  and  detachment  commanders  will  settle  the  clothing 
account  of  every  enlisted  man  of  their  respective  commands  six  months 
after  the  date  of  his  enlistment,  and  thereafter  on  June  30  and  December  31 
of  each  year.  The  entire  amount  found  due  the  United  States  for  the  periods 
embracing  the  dates  of  settlement  will  be  charged  to  the  soldier  upon  the 
muster  and  pay  rolls.  The  money  allowance  of  clothing  for  the  first  year 
will  be  allotted  by  half  years. 

I I  S3.  The  balance  due  the  soldier  at  either  of  these  dates  will  be  credited 
to  him  upon  the  company  clothing  book.  It  will  not  be  placed  upon  the 
muster  and  pay  rolls,  but  the  final  balance  due  at  date  of  discharge  will  be 
entered  upon  the  final  statements.  In  case  of  transfer,  the  balance  due  the 
soldier  or  the  United  States  will  be  entered  on  the  descriptive  list.  All 
balances  of  this  character  will  be  stated  in  words  and  figures. 


166  CLOTHING    A.ND    EQUIPAGE. 

11  S3.  The  clothing  account  of  a  soldier  who  deserts  should  be  settled  in 
full  to  the  date  of  desertion.  The  balance  due  him  or  the  United  States  will 
be  entered  on  the  next  muster  and  pay  rolls  after  date  of  desertion.  The 
amount  due  the  United  States  or  the  soldier  at  date  of  desertion  should  be 
ascertained  by  crediting  the  soldier  with  clothing  allowance  from  date  of 
last  clothing  settlement  to  the  date  of  desertion  (excluding  the  day  of  deser- 
tion) and  debiting  him  with  the  monej' value  of  all  clothing  drawn  by  him; 
the  difference  between  the  two  amounts  will  be  the  amount  due  the  United 
States  or  the  soldier. 

1184.  A  deserter  is  entitled  to  clothing  allowance  from  the  date  he  sur- 
renders or  is  apprehended,  and  the  amount  due  him  will  be  computed  from 
the  tables  then  and  subsequently  in  force.  A  new  clothing  account  will  be 
opened  without  reference  to  his  account  at  date  of  desertion. 

1185.  Clothing  allowance  accruing  to  a  soldier  after  return  to  the  serv- 
ice from  desertion  will  not  be  used  to  reduce  the  amount  of  the  soldier's 
indebtedness  at  date  of  desertion ;  the  full  amount  of  the  soldier's  indebted- 
ness must  be  charged  on  the  roll,  to  be  deducted  by  the  paymaster  when  he 
settles  the  soldier's  account. 

1 186.  Whenever  the  necessity  for  the  issue  is  certified  by  the  department 
commander,  arctic  overshoes,  according  to  pattern  in  the  office  of  the  Quar- 
termaster-General, will  be  supplied  to  troops.  They  will  be  charged  to  the 
enlisted  men,  but  do  not  form  part  of  the  annual  money  allowance  for 
clothing. 

1187.  Leggins  for  all  troops,  of  brown  cotton  duck,  according  to  pat- 
terns in  the  office  of  the  Quartermaster-General,  to  be  worn  on  marches  and 
campaigns,  will  be  charged  to  the  enlisted  men,  but  do  not  form  part  of 
the  annual  money  allowance  for  clothing. 

1188.  Articles  of  band  uniforms,  including  music  pouches,  that  do  not 
form  part  of  the  annual  clothing  allowance  may  be  issued,  but  not  charged 
except  in  case  of  loss  or  damage.  The  articles  thus  issued  without  charge 
remain  the  property  of  the  United  States. 

1189.  Canvas  mittens  and  blanket-lined  canvas  caps  conforming  to  pat- 
terns in  the  office  of  the  Quartermaster-General  will  be  supplied  to  troops 
serving  in  extremely  cold  regions  and  to  troops  stationed  at  West  Point,  upon 
the  approval  of  the  department  commander  or  the  head  of  the  staff  depart- 
ment or  corps,  as  the  case  may  be,  at  the  rate  of  one  pair  of  mittens  and  one 
cap  per  man  per  annum.  The  voucher  will  show  that  this  issue  is  gratui- 
tous and  made  within  the  above  allowance.  Issues  in  excess  of  such  allow- 
ance will  be  charged  to  the  men  at  regulation  prices.  In  case  of  loss  or 
destruction  of  any  of  said  articles  of  gratuitous  issue  without  fault  or  neglect 
on  the  part  of  the  soldier  to  whom  they  have  been  intrusted,  and  so  certified 
to  by  the  immediate  commanding  officer,  then  the  article  or  articles  so  lost 
or  destroyed  may  be  replaced  without  charge  to  the  soldier. 

1190.  Fur  gauntlets  and  caps  and  woolen  mittens,  for  all  enlisted  men, 
according  to  pattern  in  the  office  of  the  Quartermaster-General,  will  be 
issued  at  cost  price,  at  the  rate  of  one  pair  of  gauntlets,  one  cap  and  two 
pairs  of  mittens  per  annum,  when  the  necessity  for  such  issue  is  certified  by 
post  commanders.  These  articles  do  not  form  part  of  the  annual  money 
allowance  for  clothing. 


CLOTHING    AND    EQUIPAGE.  167 

1191.  There  will  be  issued  to  troops  stationed  ia  extremely  cold  regions, 
when  the  necessity  for  such  issue  is  certified  by  the  department  commander, 
overcoats  made  of  fur  or  other  suitable  warm  material,  but  only  to  men  -per- 
forming  guard  duty  or  field  service,  when  exposure  to  weather  would  jeop- 
ardize life  or  limbs  by  freezing.  The  coats  should  be  borne  on  the  returns 
as  equipage  and  charged  to  enlisted  men  only  in  case  of  loss  or  damage 
other  than  from  ordinary  wear  and  tear.  If  made  of  fur,  they  will,  on  the 
approach  of  warm  weather,  be  turned  over  to  the  quartermaster,  who  will 
observe  the  following  directions  for  their  preservation : 

1.  Expose  them  to  the  sun  and  then  beat  them  with  a  light  twig  or  rattan, 
making  sure  that  all  moth  eggs,  should  any  have  been  deposited,  are 
destroyed.  The  exposure  should  be  thorough  and  the  beating  vigorous,  but 
not  severe  enough  to  injure  the  fur  or  pelt. 

2.  Repair  coats  needing  it  (using  for  the  purpose,  as  far  as  practicable, 
such  articles  of  a  corresponding  character  as  can  not  be  again  rendered  serv- 
iceable) and  then  pack  in  boxes  well  lined  with  petroleum  and  wrapping 
paper  (the  latter  being  next  the  goods) ,  exercising  care  that  no  holes  or  other 
openings  are  left  in  the  wrappers  for  moths  to  enter.  Securely  nail  the 
boxes  and  paste  paper  over  all  joints.  Sufficient  petroleum  paper  may 
usually  be  obtained  from  broken  packages  of  clothing  opened  for  issue,  and 
should  it  be  dry  from  age  or  use  it  can  be  freshened  by  rubbing  into  the 
surface  coal  oil,  being  careful  not  to  use  enough  to  penetrate  the  wrapping 
paper. 

1192.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  is  authorized  to  pay  from  the 
appropriation  for  clothing  and  equipage  a  sum  not  exceeding  $1.50  for  the 
laundry  work  of  each  recruit  at  rendezvous  and  stations  who  has  no  funds 
of  his  own.  The  expenditure  will  be  charged  on  the  clothing  account  of 
the  recruit  and  so  noted  on  his  descriptive  and  assignment  card. 

1193«  Commanding  officers  may  order  necessary  issues  of  clothing  to 
military  prisoners  who  have  no  clothing  allowance,  from  deserters'  or  other 
damaged  clothing  when  there  is  such  in  store  or  from  clothing  specially 
provided  for  the  purpose.  The  receipt  of  the  officer  in  charge  of  the 
prisoners  will  be  the  quartermasters *s  voucher  for  such  issue. 

1194.  Gratuitous  issues  of  clothing  may  be  made,  under  the  provisions 
of  section  1298,  Revised  Statutes,  to  replace  articles  destroyed  to  prevent 
the  spread  of  contagious  diseases. 

1195.  Should  it  become  necessary  to  issue  new  clothing  for  use  in  the 
burial  of  a  deceased  soldier,  as  in  the  case  of  a  man  who  dies  away  from  his 
proper  command  and  under  circumstances  rendering  such  issues  impera- 
tively necessary,  the  expense  of  the  issue  will  be  borne  by  the  United  States, 
and  the  clothing  will  be  dropped  from  the  returns  of  the  issuing  officer  on 
the  orders  of  the  commanding  officer,  which  must  recite  the  necessity  for 
the  issue. 

1196.  Officers  may  purchase  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department  such 
articles  of  uniform  clothing,  clothing  materials  and  equipage  as  they  need, 
provided  the  property  is  available.  They  will  certify  that  the  articles  are 
for  their  personal  use. 

1197.  Officers'  servants  will  not  be  permitted  to  wear  clothing  intended 
for  troops,  except  underclothing  and  shoes,  which  may  be  purchased  in  lim- 
ited quantities,  if  available,  upon  the  officer's  certificate  that  they  can  not 
be  otherwise  obtained. 


168  CLOTHING  AND  EQUIPAGE. 

1198.  Quartermasters  are  authorized  to  drop  from  their  returns  tent 
pins  and  ax,  pickax  and  hatchet  helves,  upon  officers'  certificates  that  the 
articles  have  been  worn  out  in  service. 

1199.  Estimates  for  tableware  and  kitchen  utensils  will  be  made  quar- 
terly on  the  dates  and  to  cover  periods  named  in  paragraph  1 164.  They  will 
be  limited  to  such  articles  as  with  those  on  hand  at  the  time  an  estimate  is 
submitted  shall  not  exceed  in  kind  and  quantity  the  mess  outfit  as  announced 
in  the  general  orders  prescribed  in  ijaragraph  285.  Special  estimates  may 
be  made  when  necessary  to  meet  emergencies,  and  in  such  cases  the  cir- 
cumstances constituting  the  emergencies  will  be  stated. 

1200.  Commanding  officers  of  posts  and  of  all  organizations  supplied 
with  tableware  and  kitchen  utensils  will  exercise  a  rigid  supervision  and 
economy  in  the  care  and  preservation  of  all  such  articles,  and  any  damaged, 
broken,  destroyed  or  lost  through  the  carelessness  of  enlisted  men  will  be 
charged  against  their  pay,  as  explained  in  paragraph  685,  and  a  "  statement 
of  charges  "  on  the  prescribed  form  will  be  filed  as  a  voucher  with  the  return 
from  which  the  articles  are  dropped.  Loss  through  breakage  of  china  and 
glassware,  not  due  to  carelessness,  may  be  replaced  at  public  expense  on 
proper  requisition,  jDrovided  it  does  not  exceed  20  per  cent,  per  annum,  or  5 
per  cent,  per  quarter,  of  the  total  value  of  china  and  glassware  to  which  the 
mess  is  entitled  (value  to  be  determined  by  the  prices  given  in  the  annual 
price  list) ,  and  the  articles  so  replaced  will  be  destroyed  and  dropped  from 
returns  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  paragraph  1198.  Any  excess  of  break- 
age will  be  replaced  only  under  extraordinary  circumstances,  or  when  values 
have  been  charged  as  above  provided,  and  requisitions  calling  for  such 
excess  must  show  clearly  the  circumstances  or  the  fact  that  charge  has 
been  made.  Estimates  calling  for  articles  other  than  china  and  glassware 
must  show  the  necessity  for  them,  and  if  to  replace  articles  lost  or  stolen, 
must  be  accompanied  by  the  proceedings  of  a  board  of  survey,  unless  values 
have  been  charged  as  hereinbefore  directed. 

1201.  There  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  all 
duly  authorized  bands  of  the  Army  the  following-named  musical  instru- 
ments, viz :  Db  piccolo,  terz  and  concert  flutes,  Eb  and  Bb  cornets,  Eb 
trumpets,  Eb  and  Bb  clarionets,  Eb  altos,  Bb  trombones  (valve  or  slide), 
Bb  baritones,  Eb  and  Bb  bassos,  bass  and  snare  drums,  cymbals,  triangles, 
music  stands  and  extra  parts  for  the  repair  of  the  instruments.  Mounted 
bands  may  be  supplied  with  a  pair  of  kettledrums  in  lieu  of  the  bass  and 
tenor  drums,  cymbals  and  triangles;  and  also  with  altos,  trombones,  and 
bassos  of  helicon  shape.  This  property  will  be  accounted  for  by  the  quarter- 
master of  the  regiment.  When  any  instrument  has  become  unserviceable  it 
will  be  submitted  to  a  board  of  survey.  A  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
board  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster- General,  with  a  view  to  having 
the  instrument  repaired,  if  practicable,  or  otherwise  disposed  of. 

1202.  There  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to 
each  light  battery  two  small  brass  Bb  bugles.  To  every  other  company 
two  G  trumpets  with  F  slides,  and,  if  desired,  detachable  F  crooks.  Foot 
troops  may  use  the  drums  and  fifes  in  lieu  thereof,  if  desired  by  regimental 
commanders.  Whistles  will  be  furnished  for  such  sergeants,  corporals,  or 
musicians  as  are  required  to  use  them.  The  foregoing  articles  will  conform 
to  patterns  in  the  office  of  the  Quartermaster-General,  and  be  accounted 
for  as  equipage. 


CLOTHING  AND  EQUIPAGE TELEGRAPHING.     169 

1203.  A  monthly  allowance  of  three  brooms  and  two  scrubbing  brushes 
will  be  issued  to  each  company,  and  an  annual  allowance  of  six  scrubbing 
brushes  to  each  post  bakery  is  authorized.  They  will  habitually  be  drawn 
quarterly,  but  may  be  drawn  when  needed.  If  less  than  the  maximum  allow- 
ance is  drawn  in  one  quarter,  credit  can  not  be  given  in  another.  The 
allowance  for  each  noncommissioned  staff  officer  will  be  three  brooms  and 
two  scrubbing  brushes  per  annum. 

1204.  Post  commanders  may,  when  necessary,  order  the  issue  of  six 
brooms  per  annum  to  each  public  office  and  building  furnished  by  the 
Quartermaster's  Department,  as  follows:  Post  commander's  and  quarter- 
master's offices,  quartermaster's  warehouse,  post  bakery,  school,  chapel, 
and  library.  The  necessity  for,  and  the  fact  of  issue,  must  in  all  cases  b3 
certified  by  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  office  or  building,  and  verified  by 
the  post  commander. 

1205.  The  use  of  serviceable  tents  or  other  canvas  for  any  other  purpose 
than  that  for  which  such  articles  are  furnished  is  prohibited,  except  in  cases 
of  emergency  when  necessary  to  protect  public  property.  When  troops  are 
not  engaged  in  active  service,  all  tentage  (except  shelter  tents),  all  tent 
stoves  and  stovepipe  will  habitually  be  kept  in  storage  by  the  quartermaster. 

TELEGRAPHING. 

1206.  The  telegraph  will  be  used  only  in  cases  of  urgent  and  Imperative 
necessity,  in  which  the  delay  consequent  upon  transmission  by  mail  would 
be  prejudicial  to  the  public  interests. 

1207.  The  prescribed  telegraphic  code  will  be  accounted  for  on  the  post 
return  and  transferred  upon  change  of  post  commanders.  The  post  com- 
mander is  required  to  retain  the  code  in  his  custody,  and  is  responsible  for 
the  key  and  its  proper  use.  Department  commanders  from  time  to  time, 
and  particularly  when  post  commanders  are  changed,  will  make  use  of  the 
code. 

1208.  Accounts  for  telegrams  on  military  business,  prepared  on  the  pre- 
scribed form  in  the  name  of  the  telegraph  company  rendering  the  service, 
and  accompanied  by  the  original  telegrams,  will  be  paid  by  the  Quarter- 
master's Department,  with  the  following  exceptions  : 

1.  Accounts  for  telegrams  which  pass  over  any  of  the  lines  constructed 
and  operated  along  the  bond  aided  Pacific  railroads. 

2.  Accounts  for  reimbursement  of  amounts  paid  by  officers  for  tele- 
graphic service,  which  will  be  prepared  upon  prescribed  form. 

3.  Accounts  for  telegrams  on  public  business  of  a  confidential  nature 
when,  in  the  opinion  of  the  officer  receiving  or  sending  them,  it  is  improper 
that  copies  should  accompany  the  accounts,  or  where  copies  can  not  be  pro- 
cured. When  it  is  questionable  whether  the  telegrams  are  on  official  busi- 
ness or  that  the  telegraph  should  have  been  used,  such  accounts  will  be 
accompanied  by  full  explanations  from  the  officer  who  sends  or  receives  the 
telegrams. 

The  accounts  excepted  in  this  paragraph  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quar- 
termaster-General for  settlement. 

In  settling  accounts  for  telegrams  which  pass  over  the  lines  of  more  than 
one  company  (bond  aided  excepted),  i^ayment  may  be  made  on  the  original 
telegram,  to  the  initial  company,  for  the  entire  service. 


170      TELEGRAPHING TELEPHONING REC(  )RDS. 

1  tS09.  Telegrams  making  application  for  leave  of  absence  or  extension 
of  leave,  or  of  inquiry  whether  leave  has  been  granted,  and  the  replies  made 
thereto  by  telegraph,  will  not  be  sent  or  paid  for  as  x^ublic  dispatches. 

1210.  In  framing  telegrams  all  words  not  important  to  the  sense  will  be 
omitted.  The  last  name  of  the  officer  addressed,  or  his  title,  and  the  last 
name  of  the  sender  are  generally  siifficient. 

1211.  In  counting  the  words  of  telegraphic  messages  the  following  rules 
will  be  observed :  Names  of  cities  and  places,  when  used  to  designate  such 
cities  or  places,  and  words  properly  connected  by  a  hyphen,  will  be  counted 
as  one  word.  Numerals  will  be  expressed  in  words,  and  will  not  be  counted 
as  hyphened  words.  Names  of  places  and  persons  when  given  to  things  will 
be  counted  according  to  the  number  of  distinct  words  in  each.  Names  such 
as  Van  Vliet  or  St.  Nicholas  will  be  counted  as  one  word.  All  words  cdh- 
tained  in  an  official  telegram  will  be  counted,  including  name  and  title  of 
party  addressed  and  of  the  sender,  but  excluding  the  name  of  the  place  from 
which  sent,  date,  and  the  words  "official  business,"  which  should  appear  on 
each  telegram. 

1212.  No  settlement  will  be  made  with  the  telegraph  office  to  which  a 
telegram  is  sent  unless  satisfactory  proof  be  furnished  that  the  office  from 
which  it  was  sent  has  neither  made  nor  will  make  any  charge  for  the  service. 

1213.  In  each  territorial  department  a  quartermaster  will  be  assigned 
by  the  department  commander  to  the  duty  of  adjusting  and  settling  tele- 
graph accounts,  under  the  instructions  of  the  Quartermaster-General. 

1214.  Blank  forms  for  official  telegrams  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quar- 
termaster-General for  the  use  of  all  persons  in  the  military  service.  When 
such  forms  are  not  used  the  sender  will  prepay  the  message,  and  will  be  reim- 
bursed as  provided  in  paragraph  1208. 

1215.  Nothing  is  required  of  officers  sending  telegrams  beyond  the 
delivery  of  the  message  to  the  company.  The  proper  quartermaster  will 
receive  from  telegraph  companies  their  accounts,  with  proofs  of  service 
(which  should  be  original  telegrams  whenever  practicable),  and  will  pre- 
pare and  certify  vouchers  for  the  same  and  pay  them,  or  forward  them  for 
settlement  as  is  required  in  paragraph  1208.  Information  desired  bj"  tele- 
graph companies  in  regard  to  military  business  will  be  obtained  from  the 
Quartermaster's  Department. 

1216.  When  telegrams  are  sent  "collect,"  by  private  individuals,  the 
nature  of  the  telegrams  should  govern  the  action  of  the  disbursing  quarter- 
master. If  strictly  on  Government  business,  payment  will  be  made  by  the 
United  States. 

TELEPHONING. 

1217.  Where  telephoning  is  practicable,  accounts  for  the  same  maybe 
paid  from  the  appropriation  for  the  payment  of  telegraphic  service. 

RECORDS. 

121S.  The  following  books  will  be  kept  in  the  office  of  every  quarter- 
master : 

1.  A  cash  book,  in  which  will  be  entered,  according  to  appropriations,  all 
accounts  received  and  disbursed,  the  date  thereof,  from  whom  received  or 
to  whom  paid,  and  on  what  account.  . 


RECORDS RETURNS  AND  REPORTS.         171 

2.  A  book  of  letters  received,  including  a  record  of  indorsements. 

3.  A  press-copy  book,  in  which  all  correspondence  pertaining  to  the  office, 
including  estimates  of  funds  and  requisitions  for  quartermaster  s  supplies, 
will  be  copied  and  indexed. 

4.  A  record  book  of  barracks  and  quarters,  kept  as  directed  in  para 
graph  980. 

5.  A  descriptive  book  of  public  animals,  kept  as  directed  in  paragraph 
1034. 

6.  A  record  of  interments  (in  case  of  station  at  a  post),  kept  as  indicated 
in  paragraph  498. 

7.  A  press-copy  book  of  stores  and  property  shipped,  in  which  all  bills  of 
lading  issued  will  be  copied. 

8.  A  book  of  stores  and  property  received,  kept  as  provided  in  the  direc- 
tions therewith. 

1319.  The  required  books  will  be  supplied  by  the  Quartermaster-General. 
They  will  not  be  removed  from  the  office  except  on  its  discontinuance,  when 
they  will  be  disposed  of  as  directed  in  paragraph  800.  Commanding  officers 
and  inspectors  will  see  that  they  are  neatly  kept  and  contain  complete  and 
correct  records  of  all  matters  which  should  be  recorded  therein.  Com- 
manding officers  will  also  see  that  they  are  properly  transferred. 

1320.  All  letters  received,  and  copies  of  all  orders  for  the  expenditure  of 
money  or  property,  will  remain  on  file  as  part  of  the  records  of  the  office. 
When  it  is  necessary  to  withdraw  a  letter  for  file  with  the  officer's  accounts, 
a  duly  certified  copy  will  be  made  to  replace  it  in  the  office  file.  Letters 
pertaining  exclusively  to  the  settlement  of  an  officer's  accounts  belong  to 
him  and  not  to  the  office  files. 

RETURNS   AND  REPORTS. 

1221.  All  property  purchased  with  funds  appropriated  by  Congress  for 
carrying  on  the  operations  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  and  all  prop- 
erty supplied  for  the  use  of  the  Army  through  that  Department,  will  be 
denominated  "  quartermaster's  supplies,"  and  returns  for  the  same  will  be 
rendered  to  the  Quartermaster-General  quarterly  and  when  the  accountable 
officer  is  relieved  from  duty. 

1222.  All  quartermaster's  supplies  accounted  for  by  an  officer  will  be 
entered  upon  one  return. 

1223.  The  following  returns  and  reports  will  be  made  and  disposed  of 
by  quartermasters  as  indicated  by  the  notes  on  the  forms  furnished  by  the 
Quartermaster-General : 

1.  Report  of  persons  and  articles  employed  and  hired,  to  be  rendered 
monthly,  direct  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  within  ten  days  after  the 
expiration  of  the  month.  This  report  will  contain  a  complete  record  of  all 
services  rendered  the  Quartermaster's  Department  during  the  month  to 
which  it  pertains. 

2.  Monthly  report  of  all  bills  of  lading  and  transportation  requests  issued, 
except  those  issued  for  transportation  by  conveyances  owned  or  chartered 
by  the  United  States. 

3.  Transfer  list  of  persons  and  articles  employed  and  hired. 

4.  Report  of  enlisted  men  employed  on  extra  duty,  rendered  monthly, 
within  ten  days  after  the  expiration  of  the  month.  A  copy  of  the  order 
placing  an  enlisted  man  on  extra  duty,  or  relieving  him  therefrom,  will 


172  SUBSISTENCE    DEPARTMENT. 

accompany  the  report  for  the  month  during  which  he  was  so  detailed  or 
relieved.  The  report  will  also  show  in  the  column  of  remarks  the  partic- 
ular duty  upon  which  each  man  was  employed,  and  whether  services  were 
rendered  on  other  than  working  days. 

5.  Statement  of  outstanding  debts,  rendered  monthly,  in  time  to  reach  the 
chief  quartermaster  of  the  department  on  the  last  day  of  the  month  to  which 
it  pertains. 

12S4.  Quarterly  returns  of  quartermaster's  supplies  will  be  made  in 
duplicate — one  copy,  with  abstracts  (except  of  articles  purchased)  and 
vouchers,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster- General  within  twenty 
days  after  the  expiration  of  the  quarter  to  which  it, pertains;  the  other 
retained  by  the  officer.  The  abstract  of  articles  purchased  will  be  rendered 
monthly  and  forwarded  with  money  accounts. 

1225.  When  one  quartermaster  relieves  another,  the  latter  will  not  enter 
the  receipt  for  quartermaster's  supplies  upon  the  abstract,  but  directly 
on  the  return  as  "Transferred  to  successor."  The  receiving  officer  will 
enter  the  invoice  upon  the  returns  as  ' '  On  hand  at  the  post ;  received  from 
predecessor." 

ARTICLE   LXXIX. 

Subsistence  Department. 

Note.— Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Subsistence  Department,  prepared  and 
published  under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by 
the  Commissary-General.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their 
nature  or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

GENERAL   DUTIES. 

1226.  The  Subsistence  Department,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary 
of  War,  provides  for  the  distribution  and  expenditure  of  funds  appropriated 
for  subsisting  enlisted  men  and  for  purchasing  articles  kept  for  sale  to  officers 
and  enlisted  men.  The  Commissary-General  furnishes  lists  of  articles 
authorized  to  be  kept  for  sale,  and  gives  instructions  for  procuring,  dis- 
tributing, issuing,  selling  and  accounting  for  all  subsistence  supplies. 

COMMISSARIES. 

1227.  Purchasing  commissaries  make  purchases  of  supplies  in  accord- 
ance with  Article  LV,  and  distribute  them  as  directed.  Upon  direct  calls 
of  chief  commissaries  they  transfer  to  commissaries  of  posts  and  stations 
such  funds  from  the  appropriation  "Subsistence  of  the  Army"  and  such 
authorized  subsistence  supplies  as  chief  commissaries,  under  instructions 
from  department  commanders,  deem  necessary. 

1228.  A  chief  commissary  will  make  calls  upon  purchasing  commis- 
saries designated  by  the  Commissary-General  for  funds  and  supplies  for 
posts  and  stations  supervised  by  him,  and  under  instructions  from  the 
Commissary-General  will  furnish  funds  and  supplies  to  posts  within  his 
department  which  are  exempted  from  the  supervision  of  the  department 
commander.  He  will  keep  a  commissary  book  for  each  post  and  station, 
and  decide  whether  the  quantities  of  articles  called  for  on  requisitions  should 
be  allowed,  increased,  or  diminished. 

1 229.  Commissaries  will  make  timely  estimates  and  requisitions,  approved 
by  their  commanding  officers,  for  funds  and  supplies  for  the  troops  with 


SUBSISTENCE    SUPPLIES    IN   BULK.  173 

which  they  serve,  and  forward  them,  through  militarj^  channels,  to  the  chief 
commissaries.  If  any  of  the  supplies  can  be  obtained  advantageously  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  places  where  needed,  the  fact  will  be  noted  in  detail  on  the 
requisitions  by  the  commissaries. 

SUBSISTENCE   SUPPLIES   IN   BULK. 

12^0.  Subsistence  supplies  comprise — 

1.  Subsistence  stores,  consisting  of  articles  composing  the  ration  and  those 
furnished  for  sale  to  officers  and  enlisted  men,  also  lantern  candles  for  stable 
use,  forage  for  beef  cattle,  and  coarse  salt  for  public  animals  and  rebrining. 

2.  Subsistence  propsrty,  consisting  of  the  necessary  means  for  handling, 
preserving,  issuing,  selling  and  accounting  for  these  stores. 

1231.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  post  will  require  an  inventory  of 
subsistence  stores  on  hand  to  be  made  by  the  commissarj'-  in  person  during 
the  last  week  of  each  month.  If  it  is  not  practicable  for  the  commissary 
to  take  the  inventory  within  the  time  mentioned,  he  will  apply  to  the  com- 
manding officer  for  the  detail  of  an  officer  to  take  it,  who  will  certify,  on 
the  statement  of  gains  and  wastage,  the  fact  of  detail  and  the  date  on 
which  he  took  the  inventory ;  the  commissary  will  certify  to  amounts  of 
gains  and  wastage.  When  such  inventory  indicates  that  stores  are  on  hand 
in  excess  of  the  balances  shown  by  the  return,  the  excess  will  be  taken  up 
under  the  heading  "gains."  Deficiencies  (as  restricted  by  paragraph  1243) 
will  be  entered  under  the  heading  "wastage."  Statements  of  gains  and 
wastage  will  be  examined  and  approved  by  the  commanding  officer. 

1232*  Stores  longest  on  hand,  if  in  fit  condition,  will  be  first  issued,  sold, 
or  shipped. 

1233.  An  officer  having  on  hand  equivalent  parts  of  the  ration  (such  as 
pork,  bacon  and  salt  beef;  or  flour,  hard  bread  and  corn  meal;  or  beans, 
pease,  rice  and  hominy)  will  keep  informed  as  to  the  number  of  rations  of 
each  available,  .and  determine  in  what  relative  proportion  each  should  be 
issued,  and  will  request  his  commanding  officer  to  direct  such  issues  as  are 
for  the  interests  of  the  service. 

1234.  When  articles  of  food  in  good  condition  furnished  for  sale  have 
accumulated  at  a  post,  and  will  become  damaged  if  kept  on  hand  solely  for 
sale,  the  excess  may  be  issued  to  troops  in  lieu  of  parts  of  the  ration  of  equal 
money  value.  In  case  of  articles  which  are  equivalents  of  some  of  the  com- 
ponents of  the  ration,  issues  may  be  made  at  the  rates  prescribed  for  the 
components.  No  stores  thus  issued  are  to  be  bought  by  the  commissary  as 
savings. 

1235.  When  canned  beef  or.canned  baked  beans  accumulate  at  a  post  in 
excess  of  anticipated  demands  for  travel  rations  or  for  sale,  they  may,  to 
prevent  loss  by  deterioration,  be  issued,  upon  the  order  of  the  commanding 
officer,  at  the  rates  prescribed  for  those  articles  when  issued  as  parts  of  the 
travel  ration. 

1236.  Subsistence  supplies  in  good  condition,  but  not  required  for  use, 
will  be  disposed  of  under  the  direction  of  the  Commissary  General.  In 
urgent  cases,  such  as  sudden  abandonment  of  a  post,  liability  to  rapid 
deterioration,  etc.,  they  may  be  sold,  or  otherwise  properly  disposed  of,  on 
the  recommendation  of  an  inspecting  officer  approved  by  a  commanding 
general. 


174  TRANSFERS — GAINS   AND    WASTAGE. 

1237.  Empty  barrels  and  boxes,  hides,  tallow  and  other  like  property 
not  required  for  public  use,  the  disposal  of  which  is  not  otherwise  provided 
for,  will  be  carefully  preserved  and  sold  as  may  be  convenient. 

123S.  Subsistence  supplies  will  not  be  transferred  gratuitously  to  another 
staff  department,  nor  obtained,  issued,  sold,  or  otherwise  disposed  of,  except 
as  authorized  by  regulations. 

TRANSFERS   IX   BULK. 

1239.  When  subsistence  supplies  are  to  be  transported,  the  invoicing 
commissar}^  will  make  timely  requisition  in  writing  upon  the  proper  quar- 
termaster, stating  as  nearly  as  possible  the  kind  and  amount  of  supplies  to 
be  transported,  when  they  will  be  ready  for  delivery,  when  they  should 
reacii  their  destination,  and  any  other  information  relating  thereto  which 
the  quartermaster  should  possess.  The  commissary  will  give  the  quarter- 
master invoices  in  duplicate  of  the  packages  and  their  contents  as  marked, 
and  obtain  from  him  receipts  in  duplicate.  The  commissary  will  forward 
similar  invoices  in  duplicate  to  the  consignee,  and  obtain  receipts  in  dupli- 
cate from  him. 

1240.  If  the  receiving  commissary  finds  any  discrepancy  between  the 
invoices  and  the  quantities,  descriptions,  or  condition  of  the  supplies  received, 
not  attributable  to  ordinary  wastage  in  transportation,  he  will  at  once 
apply  to  the  commanding  officer  for  a  board  of  survey  to  ascertain  the  quan- 
tity and  nature  of  the  discrepancy  and  fix  the  responsibility  therefor.  The 
receiving  commissary  will  transmit  to  the  invoicing  officer  receipts  in  d  upli- 
cate  for  the  supplies  actually  received,  stating  on  the  receipts  the  discrep- 
ancy ascertained  and  how,  and  will  file  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
board  with  his  return.  The  invoicing  officer  will  file  with  his  return  the 
receipts  accompanied  by  the  quartermaster's  receipts. 

1241.  When  subsistence  supplies  are  transferred  by  one  commissary  to 
another  at  the  same  station,  the  invoicing  and  receiving  commissaries  will 
exchange  duplicate  invoices  and  receipts  therefor.  Should  any  of  the  sup- 
plies not  be  in  good  condition,  a  board  of  survey  will  be  applied  for  at  once  to 
examine  and  report  upon  them.  The  condition  as  determined  by  the  board 
will  be  noted  upon  the  invoices  and  receipts,  and  a  copy  of  the  proceedings 
will  accompany  each  officer's  returns. 

GAINS,    WASTAGE   AND   DEFICIENCIES. 

1242.  Wastage  will  be  reported  not  on  the  presumption  that  it  exists 
or  will  exist,  but  on  the  fact  that  it  actually  exists  as  determined  by  the 
monthly  inventory.  It  is  not  allowed  on  fresh  beef  furnished  directly  by  a 
contractor.     Gains  are  taken  up  as  required  by  paragraph  1231. 

1243.  Actual,  unavoidable  wastage,  occurring  during  transportation  or 
resulting  from  evaporation,  leakage,  etc.,  or  in  making  issues  and  sales,  may 
be  accounted  for  as  wastage  when  the  amount  does  not  exceed  three  per 
cent,  in  case  of  salt  meats,  salt  fish,  flour,  hard  bread,  corn  meal,  sugar,  soap, 
salt,  molasses,  syrup,  dried  fruit,  or  pickles;  or  one  per  cent,  in  case  of  beans, 
pease,  rice,  hominy,  coffee,  tea,  candles,  or  pepper. 


STOREHOUSES THE    RATION.  175 

1244.  Salt  and  vinegar  used  in  rebrining  or  pickling,  and  waste  of  stores 
in  overhauling  and  repacking,  will  be  accounted  for  by  the  certificate  of  the 
commissary  approved  by  the  commanding  officer. 

1245.  Deficiencies  exceeding  the  perceiitages  specified  in  paragraph  1243, 
or  in  articles  for  which  a  limit  of  wastage  is  not  therein  indicated,  or  aris- 
ing from  losses  by  straying  or  death  of  beeves,  or  errors  in  their  estimated 
net  weight,  or  from  losses  by  theft,  fire,  or  vermin,  or  from  deficient  or 
unsuitable  means  of  storage,  etc.,  will  be  accounted  for:  (1)  by  boards  of 
survey;  (2)  by  affidavits;  (3)  by  certificates  of  disinterested  commissioned 
officers.  Boards  of  survey  should  generally  report  upon  such  deficiencies, 
affidavits  or  certificates  being  used  only  in  cases  where  the  amount  involved 
is  very  small,  or  when  it  is  impracticable  to  assemble  a  board. 

1246.  The  facts  and  quantities  involved  will  be  fully  set  forth  in  all 
affidavits  or  certificates  accounting  for  losses  or  extraordinary  wastage,  and 
in  certificates  of  stores  or  property  expended  in  preserving  supplies.  When 
loss  or  improper  issue  of  supplies  is  not  satisfactorily  explained,  their  cost 
will  be  taken  up  on  the  account  current  of  the  accountable  officer. 

STOREHOUSES. 

1247.  Storehouses,  sheds,  paulins,  or  other  means  of  covering  and  pro- 
tecting subsistence  supplies  will  ordinarily  be  provided  by  the  Quartermas- 
ter's Department. 

1248.  Commissaries  will  make  daily  inspections  of  their  storehouses;  see 
that  they  are  kept  dry  and  well  ventilated,  that  the  stores  are  properly  cared 
for,  that  barrels  and  buckets  of  water  and  other  means  of  extinguishing 
fires  are  ready  for  use,  and  that  all  proper  precautions  are  taken  to  guard 
against  loss. 

1249.  Coal  oil,  gunpowder,  quicklime,  or  other  articles  of  like  dangerous 
nature  will  not  be  kept  in  or  near  subsistence  storehouses. 

FRESH   MEATS. 

1250.  Fresh  meats  from  the  block  will  usually  be  provided  for  troops  by 
contract.  Beef  cattle  will  be  purchased  only  when  .necessary  for  supplying 
beef  to  troops  in  campaign  or  on  the  march. 

THE   RATION. 

1251.  A  ration  is  the  allowance  for  subsistence  of  one  person  for  one 
day,  and  consists  of  the  meat,  the  bread,  the  vegetable,  the  coffee  and  sugar, 
the  seasoning,  and  the  soap  and  candle  components. 

1252.  Enlisted  men  and  hospital  matrons  are  each  entitled  to  one  ration 
per  day.  When  the  circumstances  of  their  service  make  it  necessary,  civil- 
ians employed  with  the  Army  may  each  be  allowed  one  ration  per  day. 


176 


THE    RATION. 


1253.  The  kinds  and  quantities  of  articles  composing  the  ration  for 
troops  where  cooking  is  practicable,  and  the  quantities  computed  for  100 
rations,  are  as  follows : 


Articles. 


Quantities  per 
ration. 


Quantities  per  100  rations. 


MEAT  COMPONENTS. 


Fresh  beef- 

or  fresh  mutton,  when  the  cost  does 

not  exceed  that  of  beef 

or  pork 

or  bacon 

or  salt  beef--- - 

or,  when  meat  can  not  be  furnished, 

dried  fish 

or  pickled  fish 

or  fresh  fish 


Ounces. 
20 


BREAD  COMPONENTS. 


Flour 

or  soft  bread - 

or  hard  bread 

or  corn  meal  --- 

Baking  powder  for  troops  in  the  field, 
when  necessary  to  enable  them  to  bake 
their  own  bread 


VEGETABLE  COMPONENTS. 


Beans 

or  pease 

or  rice- .' .. 

or  hominy. 

Potatoes 

or  potatoes,  13|  ounces,  and  onions,  3i 
ounces 

or  potatoes,  11^  ounces,  and  canned  to- 
matoes, 4|  ounces;  or  4|  ounces  of 
other  fresh  vegetables  not  canned, 
when  they  can  be  obtained  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  the  post  or  transported  in  a 
wholesome  condition  from  a  distance. 

COFFEE  AND  SUGAR  COMPONENTS. 


Coffee,  green 

or  roasted  coffee 

or  tea,  green  or  black. 
Sugar 

or  molasses 

or  cane  syrup 


SEASONING  COMPONENTS. 


Vinegar 
Salt 


Pepper,  black. 


SOAP  AND  CANDLE  COMPONENTS. 

Soap - - 

Candles  (when  illuminating  oil  is  not  fur- 
nished by  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment)   


2§ 

n 
n 

16 
16 


16 


Gills. 


hi 


Pounds. 
125 

125 

75 
75 
137 

87 
112 
112 


112 
112 
100 
125 


15 
15 
10 
10 
100 

100 


100 


Ounces.  I  Gallons. 


In  adjusting  charges  to  be  made  against  enlisted  men  or  others  on  account 
of  increased  expense  to  the  Government  for  their  subsistence,  the  value  of  the 
ordinary  ration  will  be  estimated  at  18  cents  ;  that  of  the  travel  ration  at  40 
cents. 

1254.  When  troops  at  a  post  raise  their  own  vegetables,  or  when  they 
are  not  supplied  with  fresh  vegetables  in  kind  by  the  commissary,  commu- 
tation will  be  allowed  at  the  prices  of  potatoes  and  onions  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  post  or  in  the  market  from  which  the  post  is  supplied,  in  the  proportion 
of  80  per  cent,  of  potatoes  and  20  per  cent,  of  onions,  the  commutation  prices 
being  determined  monthly  by  the  Subsistence  Department. 


TRAVEL   RATION — ISSUES   OF   RATIONS.  177 

1255.  At  posts  and  stations  where  illuminating  oil  is  furnished  by  the 
quarterniaster^  candles  are  not  issued  as  part  of  the  ration  except  to  indi- 
viduals whom  it  is  not  practicable  to  supply  with  oil. 

TRAVEL  RATIOX. 

1356.  When  troops  travel  otherwise  than  by  marching,  or  when  for  short 
periods  they  are  separated  from  cooking  facilities  and  do  not  carry  cooked 
rations,  the  following  articles  will  be  issued  in  lieu  of  all  components  of  the 
ordinary  ration.    They  constitute  the  travel  ration : 


Articles. 


Per  100 
rations. 


Soft  bread pounds.. 

or  hard  bread do 

Beef,  canned do... 


112* 
100 

75 


Baked  beans,  1  pound  cans number..  33 

or  baked  beans,  3-pound  cans do 15 

Coffee,  roasted pounds..  8 

Sugar do....  15 


After  troops  have  been  subsisted  upon  the  travel  ration  for  four  consecu- 
tive days,  they  may  be  allowed  canned  tomatoes  in  addition  to  the  travel 
ration  at  the  rate  of  one  pound  of  tomatoes  per  man  per  day.  When  they 
arrive  at  their  destination  or  rejoin  their  station,  subsistence  upon  the  ordi- 
nary ration  will  be  resumed  immediately,  and  any  unconsumed  articles  in 
good  condition  which  they  may  have  on  hand  will  not  be  sold  as  savings,  but 
will  be  turned  over  to  the  commissary. 

LIQUID  COFFEE. 

1257.  When  enlisted  men  supplied  with  cooked  or  travel  rations  travel 
unaccompanied  by  an  officer,  funds  for  the  purchase  of  liquid  coffee  in  lieu 
of  the  coffee  and  sugar  portion  of  the  travel  ration,  at  the  rate  of  21  cents 
per  day  for  the  anticipated  number  of  days'  travel,  may,  on  the  order  of  the 
commanding  officer  who  directs  the  journey,  be  paid  to  each  man,  and  his 
receipt  therefor  taken  on  a  receipt  roll,  which  must  be  accompanied  by  a 
copy  of  the  order.  When  enlisted  men  supplied  with  cooked  or  travel 
rations  travel  under  command  of  an  officer,  funds  at  the  same  rate,  for  the 
same  purpose,  will  be  transferred  to  him,  to  be  disbursed  and  accounted  for. 
At  the  end  of  the  journey  the  unexpended  balance,  if  any,  will  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  nearest  commissary. 

ISSUES   OF   RATIONS. 

125 S.  Issues  of  rations  to  troops  will  be  made  on  ration  returns  signed 
by  the  immediate  commanders  of  the  organizations,  and  the  issues  ordered 
by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  or  station.  Ration  returns  will  be 
made,  ordinarily,  for  a  few  days  at  a  time,  for  the  individuals  of  the  organ- 
izations actually  present,  and  for  only  such  quantities  as  the  organizations 
can  receive  and  properly  care  for,  and  will  be  presented  at  the  place  where 
and  time  when  rations  are  due.  Rations  will  not  be  issued  for  a  past  period, 
if  troops  have  been  sufficiently  subsisted ;  nor  will  back  rations  be  purchased 
as  savings. 

12851  A  R 12 


178  ISSUES    OF    RATIONS. 

12''S9.  The  ration  as  issued  to  troops  will  be  issued  to  the  detachment 
of  the  hospital  corps  and  to  the  hospital  matrons  serving  at  a  hospital,  but 
the  meat  component  to  which  the  sick  therein  are  entitled  may,  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  medical  officer  in  charge,  be  called  for  and  issued  wholly  in 
fresh  beef  or  partly  in  fresh  beef  and  partly  in  salt  meats. 

1260.  Issues  of  rations  to  civilians  employed  with  the  Army  will  be 
made  on  ration  returns  signed  by  the  officers  in  charge  of  the  employees, 
when  ordered  by  the  commanding  officer. 

1261.  Issues  of  rations  will  be  made  in  the  full  net  weight  or  measure  of 
the  articles  called  for.  Articles  required  for  consumption  will  be  removed 
from  the  storehouse.  Those  remaining  will  be  settled  for  as  savings, 
under  paragraphs  1269,  1270  and  1271.  No  articles  once  removed  from  the 
storehouse  will  be  purchased  as  savings,  except  on  the  order  of  the  com- 
manding officer. 

1262.  When  one,  two,  or  three  enlisted  men  travel  under  orders,  the 
travel  order  of  each  man  will  have  indorsed  on  it  the  certificate  of  his  com- 
manding officer  as  to  the  time  to  which  he  was  last  rationed,  etc.,  in  the 
form  prescribed  by  paragraph  1275,  and  if  commutation  of  rations  is  allowed, 
it  will  be  paid  in  the  manner  directed  by  that  paragraph.  Travel  orders 
retained  by  soldiers  will  be  turned  over  to  the  commissary  from  whom 
rations  are  next  to  be  drawn,  who  will  file  them  with  his  abstract  of 
issues,  or  his  receipt  roll  of  commutation  paid,  as  the  case  may  require. 
When  any  considerable  detachment  of  enlisted  men  leaves  a  post  or  com- 
mand, the  detachment  commander  will  be  furnished  by  the  commissary  with 
a  ration  certificate  giving  the  number  of  men  and  the  organizations  to  which 
they  belong,  and  setting  forth  the  date  to  which,  and  by  whom,  rations  were 
last  issued  for  them,  which  ration  certificate  will  be  presented  to  the  com- 
missary from  whom  rations  are  next  drawn,  who  will  file  it  with  his  abstract 
of  issues.  Employees  entitled  to  rations  are,  when  detached,  furnished  with 
ration  certificates. 

1263.  When  a  person  entitled  to  rations  leaves  an  organization  or  is 
ordered  to  travel  with  travel  rations,  the  rations  issued  to  him  for  any  period 
beyond  the  date  of  his  leaving  and  not  taken  with  him  will  be  deducted  on 
the  next  ration  return  of  the  organization.  The  name  of  the  person,  with  a 
statement  of  the  facts,  will  be  entered  on  the  ration  return.  The  ration 
return  of  an  organization  will  include  all  persons  belonging  to  it  who  are  to 
draw  their  rations  separately ;  the  names  of  such  persons  will  be  written  on 
the  ration  return. 

1264.  At  a  post  where  a  general  mess  is  established,  the  issues  ordered 
by  the  post  commander  to  be  made  to  the  command  for  a  ration  period  will 
be  entered  on  the  outer  fold  of  a  ration  return,  and  the  separate  ration 
returns  of  the  organizations  composing  the  command  for  the  period  ^^'ill  be 
inclosed  in  this  ration  return  as  a  wrapper.  The  entry  of  such  an  issue  on 
the  abstract  of  issues  will  show  the  several  organizations  for  which  the  issue 
was  ordered,  giving  the  strength  of  each,  as  well  as  the  detailed  information 
as  to  additions  and  deductions  contained  in  the  separate  ration  returns. 


ISSUES. 


17^ 


OTHER  ISSUES  OF  SUBSISTENCE  STORES. 

1265.  The  following  issues  are  made  when  necessary  for  the  public 
service : 


Articles. 


1.  Candles,  when  oil  for  illuminating  purposes  is  not  furnished  by 

the  Quartermaster's  Department: 

To  headquarters  of  a  department,  per  month 

To  headquarters  in  the  field— 

Of  each  separate  army,  when  composed  of  more  than 

one  corps,  per  month 

Of  an  army  corps,  per  month 

Of  a  division,  per  month -. 

Of  a  brigade  or  regiment,  per  month --. 

Of  a  battalion  serving  separately  from  regimental  head- 
quarters, per  month .. 

To  offices  and  storerooms— 

Of  the  chief  quartermaster  or  chief  commissary  of  a 
department,  or  depot  of  supply,  from  April  1  to  Sep- 
tember 30,  per  month -. 

Of  the  quartermaster  or  commissary  of  a  post,  from 

April  1  to  September  30,  per  month.. -- 

From  October  1  to  March  31,  not  exceeding  double  the 
above  quantities. 
To  guards— 

To  the  principal  guard  of  each  camp,  per  month 

2.  Lantern  candles: 

To  stables- 
Such  number  of  pounds  as  the  commanding  officer  may 
order  as  necessary. 

3.  Salt: 

For  public  animals— 

For  each  animal,  per  week 

Or,  when  in  the  opinion  of  the  commanding  officer  so 
much  is  necessary,  not  exceeding,  per  month 

4.  Vinegar: 

For  every  100  public  horses  or  mules,  for  sanitary  pur- 
poses- 
Such  amount  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as 
necessary,  not  exceeding,  per  week 

5.  Flour: 

For  paste  used  in  target  practice- 
Such  quantity  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as 
necessary,  not  to  exceed  50  pounds  for  each  troop, 
battery,  or  company  during  the  target-practice  season. 

6.  Matches: 

For  lighting  fires  and  lamps  for  which  fuel  and  illuminating 
supplies  are  issued— 
Such  quantities  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order 
as  necessary. 


Allowance. 


Quantity  in 
bulk. 


30  pounds 


40  pounds 
30  pounds 
20  pounds 
10  pounds 

10  pounds 


10  pounds  - 
5  pounds . . 

13  pounds - 


3  ounces. -. 
13  ounces. . 

3  gallons .. 


Equiva- 
lent in 
rations. 


2,000 


2,000 
1,333 


333 


80O 


aoft 


The  issues  are  made  on  ration  returns  signed  by  the  officer  in  charge  and 
issues  ordered  by  the  commanding  officer,  the  latter  determining  what  quan- 
tities within  the  limits  above  prescribed  shall  be  issued.  Candles,  salt,  vin- 
egar and  flour  for  the  above  purposes  are  entered  on  the  ration  returns  and 
on  the  abstract  of  issues  in  terms  of  rations,  lantern  candles  in  pounds,, 
r.nd  matches  in  boxes.  The  returns  and  abstract  show  for  what  places  the- 
candles  are  intended,  and  the  number  of  animals  and  period  for  which  salt 
and  vinegar  are  drawn,  giving  the  troop,  battery,  etc.,  to  which  they  belong. 

1268.  Small  quantities  of  food  (articles  of  the  ration)  may,  on  the  order 
of  the  commanding  officer,  be  issued  to  Indians  visiting  a  military  post. 
The  order  will  state  the  number  of  Indians  and  their  tribe,  number  of  days 
for  which  the  issues  are  made,  quantities,  and  necessity  for  the  issues. 
Indians  will  not  be  continuously  subsisted  in  this  planner  except  by 
authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  A  copy  of  the  order  directing  the  issue 
will  accompany  the  abstract  of  issues. 


180  SAVINGS — COMMUTATION. 

1267.  Subsistence  will  not  be  issued  to  destitute  persons  except  when  the 
commanding  officer  assumes  the  responsibility  of  ordering  the  issue  to 
relieve  starvation  or  extreme  suffering.  In  such  cases  the  circumstances 
will  be  fully  stated  in  the  order. 

1268.  The  commanding  officer  will  certify  to  the  accuracy  of  the  abstract 
of  issues  upon  comparison  with  the  ration  returns,  which  will  be  retained 
by  him.  The  abstract  of  issues  so  certified  and  accompanied  by  copies  of 
orders  or  authorities  contemplated  by  paragraph  695  is  the  commissary's 
voucher  for  the  issues. 

SAVINGS. 

1269.  Articles  of  the  ration  (excluding  fresh  vegetables,  bread  and  bak- 
ing powder)  due  a  bakery,  a  company,  or  any  organization,  not  needed  for 
consumption,  will  be  retained  by  the  commissary  if  required  for  reissue, 
and  will  be  purchased  as  savings  at  the  invoice  prices.  Savings  and  sales  of 
fresh  beef  (except  of  that  issued  for  the  sick  in  hospital,  the  detachment  of 
the  hospital  corps  and  the  hospital  matron  serving  therein)  are  prohibited ; 
baking  powder  issued  but  not  used  will  be  returned  to  the  commissary. 
The  commissary  will  purchase  the  savings  of  hospitals  (including  fresh  beef) 
at  cost  prices  when  the  surgeon  in  charge  so  desires,  but  will  not  purchase 
savings  of  companies,  bakeries,  or  any  organization  when  public  loss  would 
result.    When  not  required  for  reissue,  savings  may  be  sold  to  any  person. 

1270.  Savings  purchased  by  the  commissary  will  be  entered  on  a  receipt 
roll,  in  duplicate,  in  the  name  of  the  organization  to  which  they  belong,  and 
the  money  value  receipted  for  by  the  officer  in  charge  thereof.  Payments 
for  hospital  savings  will  be  made  to  the  surgeon  of  the  post  or  station. 

1271.  If  savings  are  not  paid  for  by  the  commissary  in  the  month  in 
which  accumulated,  the  proper  organization  will  be  furnished  with  an 
extract,  in  duplicate,  of  the  receipt  roll,  showing  stores  received  from  it  and 
the  amount  due,  which,  duly  certified  by  the  commissary  and  approved  by 
the  commanding  officer,  will  be  presented  for  payment  to  any  commissary 
having  funds  for  the  purpose. 

COMMUTATION. 

1272.  Commutation  of  rations  may  be  allowed  at  the  following  rates, 
under  the  conditions  mentioned,  viz: 


Conditions. 


Rate  per 
day each. 


1.  To  a  soldier  at  the  conclusion  of  his  furlough,  provided  that  on  or  before 

the  last  day  thereof  he  has  reported  at  his  proper  station  or  has  been  dis- 
charged  

2.  To  sergeants  of  the  post  noncommissioned   staff  (and  soldiers  acting  as 

such)  on  duty  at  forts  and  stations  where  there  are  no  other  troops 

3.  To  a  soldier  on  detached  duty,  stationed  in  a  city  or  town  where  subsistence 

is  not  furnished  by  the  Government 

4.  To  a  soldier  travelmg  under  orders  from  a  place  or  station  at  which  his 

rations  have  been  regularly  commuted 

5.  To  enlisted  men  traveling  under  orders  (when  the  journey  can  not  be  per- 

formed in  twenty-four  hours  and  it  is  impracticable  to  carry  rations  of 
any  kind),  as  follows: 

To  an  enlisted  man  traveling  alone 

To  two  enlisted  men  traveling  as  a  detachment  or  traveling  as  a  guard  to 

an  insane  patient  or  military  prisoner,  each 

To  an  insane  patient  or  military  prisoner  traveling  under  guard  of  one  or 
two  enlisted  men,  to  be  paid,  on  the  order  of  the  commanding  officer,  in 
advance  to,  and  to  be  receipted  for  by,  the  person  to  whose  charge  the 
patient  or  military  prisoner  is  committed  by  the  order 


$0.25 

.40 

.75 

1.50 

1.50 
1.50 

1.50 


COMMUTATION    OF    RATIONS.  181 

1273.  Commutation  of  rations  will  not  be  allowed  to  enlisted  men  serv- 
ing where  subsistence  is  furnished  by  the  Government;  or  traveling  under 
orders  when  they  can  carry  and  cook  their  rations,  or  can  carry  cooked  or 
travel  rations;  or  traveling  under  orders  by  steamboat  or  steamship  where 
the  passage  rates  include  meals;  or  failing  to  report  at  their  proper  stations 
on  or  before  the  last  day  of  furlough  unless  discharged;  or  recruiting  parties 
at  their  stations;  nor  to  civil  employees. 

12*74.  An  order  directing  the  travel  of  an  enlisted  man  will  state  that 
the  journey  is  necessary  for  the  public  service.  If  it  be  impracticable  for 
him  to  carry  rations  of  any  kind,  the  order  will  so  state  and  will  direct 
commutation  of  rations  to  be  paid;  if  required  to  be  paid  in  advance,  the 
number  of  days  will  be  stated. 

12  7  5.  Commutation  of  rations  allowed  to  an  enlisted  man  while  travel- 
ing, when  not  directed  to  be  paid  in  advance,  will  be  paid  to  him  at  the  end 
of  his  journey,  upon  presentation  of  the  order  for  the  journey  with  the 
certificate  of  his  commanding  officer  thereon  in  the  following  form:  "  Last 

rationed  to  include ,  18 — ;  will  leave  station  at , ,  18 — ;  the 

rations  overdrawn  will  be  deducted  from  the  ration  return  of  company , 

Regiment  of  ,  for  the  period  from ,  18 — ,  to ,  18 — ,'* 

and  a  certificate  signed  by  a  commissioned  officer  in  the  following  form: 

"Joined  station  at , ,  18 — ."    The  period  allowed  by  the  paying 

officer  will  be  the  time  required  over  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route.  If 
ordered  paid  in  advance,  it  will  be  paid  upon  presentation  of  a  certified  copy 
of  the  order  directing  the  payment,  having  thereon  the  certificate  in  the 
above  form  of  his  commanding  officer.  In  this  case  the  paying  officer  will 
indorse  the  date,  mode,  and  amount  of  payment,  over  his  signature,  on  the 
order  which  is  retained  by  the  soldier,  and  certify  on  the  copy  that  he  has 
made  such  indorsement.  The  soldier  will  deliver  his  retained  order  to  the 
commissary  at  the  station  where  rations  are  next  drawn,  who  files  it  with 
his  abstract  of  issues.  The  order,  or  copy  thereof,  on  which  commutation 
has  been  paid  will  be  filed  as  a  sub-voucher  to  the  receipt  roll,  and  the  paying 
officer  will  indorse  on  the  order,  or  copy  thereof,  the  date,  mode  and  amount 
of  payment.  1 

1276.  The  furlough  of  an  enlisted  man  will  show,  by  memorandum  of 
his  company  commander,  to  what  day  he  was  last  rationed  and  the  number 
of  rations,  if  any,  drawn  for  him  previous  to  his  going  on  furlough,  for  the 
time  covered  by  the  furlough,  and  the  certificate  of  his  company  commander 
on  the  back  of  the  furlough  will  show  the  date  on  which  he  rejoined  his 
proper  station  or  was  discharged  and  that  the  rations  overdrawn  for  him  were 
duly  deducted  from  a  ration  return  of  his  company.  If  entitled  to  com- 
mutation he  will  be  paid  by  any  commissary  upon  the  presentation  of  the 
furlough  containing  the  above  memorandum  and  certificate.  The  paying 
officer  will  file  the  furlough  as  a  sub- voucher  to  his  receipt  roll,  and  indorse 
on  the  furlough  the  date,  mode,  and  amount  of  payment. 

1277.  "When  an  officer  orders  commutation  of  rations  to  be  paid,  or  ra- 
tions to  be  issued,  to  a  soldier  on  furlough  to  enable  him  to  reach  his  proper 
station,  the  paying  or  issuing  officer  will  report  the  full  amount  paid,  or  the 
money  value  of  the  issue,  to  the  soldier's  company  commander.  Should  the 
soldier  reach  his  station  on  or  before  the  last  day  of  his  furlough,  the  com- 
pany commander  will  charge  the  full  amount  of  the  payment  or  issue  against 
his  pay  on  the  next  muster  and  pay  roll.    Should  he  reach  his  post  after  the 


182  SALES. 

expiration  of  his  furlough,  and  the  delay  be  not  excused,  the  full  amount  will 
be  similarly  charged.  Should  the  overstaying  of  his  furlough  be  excused, 
the  full  amount,  diminished  by  the  value  of  the  ration,  at  18  cents  per  day, 
for  the  numbei  of  days  during  which  he  was  absent  after  the  furlough  had 
expired,  will  be  charged. 

12'y§.  When  a  furlough  is  lost,  a  certified  copy  prepared  by  his  company 
commander,  with  the  soldier's  affidavit  stating  when,  where,  and  the  circum- 
stances under  which  the  loss  occurred,  that  he  reported  at  his  station  on  or 
before  the  last  day  of  his  furlough  or  was  discharged,  and  that  no  rations 
have  been  furnished  nor  commutation  paid  him  for  any  portion  of  the  time 
during  which  he  was  on  furlough,  may  be  presented  within  six  months 
after  the  loss,  through  his  company  and  post  commanders,  to  the  chief 
commissary  for  payment  or  other  disposition. 

12 '79.  Enlisted  men  having  claims  for  commutation  of  rations  and  who 
are  at  a  distance  from  a  paying  commissary  will  be  paid  upon  forwarding 
to  the  paying  commissary  their  travel  orders  or  furloughs,  properly  made 
out,  accompanied  by  receipts,  in  duplicate.  Enl'sted  men  on  detached  duty 
entitled  to  commutation  of  rations  may  be  similarly  paid  upon  the  cer- 
tificate of  the  officer  under  whom  they  serve,  setting  forth  the  period  for 
which  commutation  is  due,  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  authority  for  its 
allowance,  or  by  a  reference  to  such  authority  if  previously  furnished. 

SALES. 

12S0.  Subsistence  stores  (except  forage  for  beef  cattle)  will  be  sold  for 
cash  to  an  officer  of  the  Army,  or  to  a  contract  or  veterinary  surgeon,  at 
cost  price,  on  his  certificate  that  they  are  for  his  personal  or  family  use,  or 
for  the  use  of  an  officers'  mess  of  which  he  is  the  caterer.  They  will  also 
be  sold  during  the  absence  of  an  officer  to  a  member  of  his  family  author- 
ized by  him  to  purchase  in  his  name,  upon  a  written  request  by  him  to  the 
commissary. 

1281.  Sales  to  officers  paid  for  within  the  calendar  month  in  which  made 
will  be  regarded  as  cash  sales ;  if  not  paid  for  within  that  month,  they  will 
be  reported  as  credit  sales  and  so  accounted  for,  and  the  amounts  due  col- 
lected through  the  Pay  Department. 

12S2.  Sales  of  reasonable  quantities  of  stores  will  be  made  to  an  enlisted 
man,  for  cash,  upon  his  declaration,  in  writing,  that  they  are  intended  for 
his  own  use.  A  company,  detachment,  hospital,  post  bakery,  or  post 
exchange  may  purchase  for  cash  under  similar  conditions,  and  upon  the 
certificate  of  the  officer  in  charge. 

1283.  Exceptional  articles  of  subsistence  stores  called  for  by  officers  and 
enlisted  men,  to  be  paid  for  by  them  regardless  of  condition  upon  arrival  at 
posts,  may,  under  such  instructions  as  to  purchase  and  accountability  as 
may  from  time  to  time  be  given  by  the  Commissary-General,  be  purchased 
and  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  transportation  to 
the  posts  where  desired. 

1284.  To  a  civilian  employed  with  the  Army  at  a  remote  place,  where 
food  can  not  otherwise  be  procured,  stores  will  be  sold  for  cash,  in  limited 
quantities,  for  his  own  use,  at  invoice  or  contract  prices  with  10  per  cent, 
added. 


SALES.  183 

1255.  Sales  may  be  made  on  credit  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  who  have 
not  been  regularly  paid,  or  who  are  in  the  field.  Officers  will  certify  that 
the  stores  are  for  their  own  use,  and  receipt  for  them.  Enlisted  men  will 
obtain  permits  from  their  company  commanders,  approved  by  the  command- 
ing officer,  for  purchases  on  credit.  Permits  will  not  be  given  to  a  soldier 
in  excess  of  the  unencumbered  pay  due  him,  nor  in  any  month  in  excess  of 
his  monthly  pay.  A  recruit  maj'  be  furnished  on  credit  with  such  of  the 
following  articles  as  may  be  needed  by  him,  viz :  A  hand  basin,  a  piece  of 
soap,  a  tooth  brush,  two  towels,  a  comb,  a  hair  brush,  a  shoe  brush  and  a 
box  of  shoe-blacking. 

1256.  Articles  purchased  by  the  Subsistence  Department  by  net  weight 
will  be  sold  at  net  weight  at  the  time  of  sale.  Where  the  weight  of  a  wrap- 
per or  cover  at  the  time  of  purchase  was  included  in  the  weight  of  an  article, 
it  will  be  included  in  the  weight  when  the  article  is  sold.  Articles  in  cartons, 
packets,  or  sealed  cans  will  be  sold  as  purchased. 

128 "7.  Post  commanders  will  regulate  sales  and  delivery  of  supplies. 
Selling  (except  by  the  exchange)  or  bartering  of  supplies  purchased  from 
the  commissary  is  forbidden. 

12§8.  The  commissary  who  sells  to  an  officer  on  credit  will  furnish  him 
with  a  certified  bill  in  detail,  which  will  be  noted  by  the  officer  on  his  next 
pay  account,  as  follows :  "  Deduct dollars  and cents  due  the  Sub- 
sistence Department  for  stores  purchased  on  credit  from  Lieut. ,  Com- 
missary, Fort ,  in  the  month  of  ,  18 — ."    If  there  are  several 

bills,  they  will  be  entered  separately. 

1289.  The  commissary  who  sells  to  enlisted  men  on  credit  will  make  a 
statement  of  dues,  in  triplicate,  for  each  company  or  organization  to  which 
the  men  belong  ;  one  copy  will  be  furnished  to  the  company  or  other  com- 
mander, who  will  charge  the  dues  on  the  next  pay  roll,  and  on  subsequent 
rolls,  until  collected.  If  a  recruit  leaves  his  station  or  rendezvous  before 
the  money  value  of  the  toilet  articles  furnished  him  on  credit  has  been  col- 
lected, the  amount  due  will  be  noted  on  the  descriptive  and  assignment  card, 
in  order  that  the  paymaster  may  withhold  it  at  the  first  payment  after  the 
recruit  has  joined  his  company. 

1290.  Amounts  due  from  credit  sales  vrill  be  collected  by  paymasters, 
taken  up  by  them  and  promptly  transferred  to  a  disbursing  commissary,  the 
paymaster  giving  duplicate  invoices  and  taking  receipts  on  each  pay  account 
or  pay  roll. 

1291.  Sales  will  be  consolidated  monthly  on  an  abstract  in  duplicate. 
The  commanding  officer  will  satisfy  himself  that  the  purchases  have  been 
properly  authorized  and  duly  made,  and  will  so  certify  on  the  abstract.  The 
copy  of  the  abstract  accompanying  the  commissary's  account  current  will 
serve  as  a  voucher  to  the  account  current,  as  well  as  to  the  officer's  return. 

1292.  On  the  first  day  of  each  calendar  month  a  list  will  be  prepared  at 
each  post  showing  the  prices  at  which  stores  will  be  sold  during  the  month. 
The  price  for  each  article  will  be  the  invoice  price  of  the  last  lot  of  that 
article  received  prior  to  the  day  on  which  the  price  list  is  prepared. 

BLANK  FORMS. 

1293.  Blank  forms  will  be  furnished  to  commissaries  on  periodical 
requisitions  sent  direct  to  the  Commissary-General.  Officers  at  posts  will 
obtain  them  from  the  commissaries. 


184    ACCOUNTS  AND  RETURNS — PAY  DEPARTMENT. 

ACCOUNTS   AND   RETURNS. 

1394.  The  following  accounts  and  returns,  prepared  in  accordance  with 
the  directions  printed  on  the  blanks,  are  required  : 

1.  Account  current,  prepared  and  forwarded  by  each  officer  acconntable 
for  subsistence  funds,  within  ten  days  after  the  close  of  each  month,  accom- 
panied by  vouchers. 

2.  Return  of  subsistence  stores,  by  each  officer  accountable,  forwarded  at 
the  same  time  as  the  account  current,  accompanied  by  vouchers,  etc. 

3.  Return  of  subsistence  property,  rendered  quarterly,  within  ten  days 
after  the  close  of  the  months  of  March,  June,  September,  and  December,  by 
each  officer  accountable,  accompanied  by  abstracts,  vouchers,  etc. 


ARTICLE   liXXX. 

Pay  Department. 

Note.— Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Pay  Department,  prepared  and 
published  under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by 
the  Paymaster-General.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their 
nature  or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

1395.  The  Pay  Department,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
has  charge  of  the  supply  and  distribution  of  and  accounting  for  funds  for 
the  payment  of  the  Army,  and  such  other  financial  duties  as  are  si)ecially 
assigned  to  it. 

1296.  The  chief  paymaster  of  a  department,  under  the  direction  of  its 
commander,  will  have  control  of  all  paymasters  stationed  therein,  and  be 
responsible  for  the  payment  of  the  troops  of  the  command. 

1297.  Military  commanders  in  directing  payments  will  not  require  the 
paymaster  to  be  absent  from  his  station  on  the  last  day  of  the  month,  except 
for  special  reasons,  which  will  be  reported  to  the  Adjutant-Q-eneral  of  the 
Army. 

PAYMENTS  TO   OFFICERS. 

129S.  Officers  will  be  paid  monthly,  on  duplicate  accounts,  certified  by 
themselves,  according  to  prescribed  forms. 

1299.  When  an  officer  is  absent  from  his  station,  a  paymaster  will,  before 
paying  him,  require  proof  of  authority  for  such  absence. 

1300.  An  officer  will  not  hypothecate  nor  transfer  a  pay  account  not 
actually  due.  When  due  it  may  be  transferred  by  indorsement,  naming  the 
party  to  whom  transferred,  and  may  be  paid  by  the  proper  paymaster  if  sat- 
isfied of  the  genuineness  of  the  officer's  signature  and  if  no  stoppage  or  other 
disability  as  to  pay  prevents.  The  date  of  transfer,  certified  by  the  officer 
whose  account  it  is,  will  appear  in  the  indorsement.  When  an  officer  trans- 
fers a  pay  account,  he  will,  at  the  time  of  transfer,  communicate  the  fact  to 
the  chief  paymaster  of  the  department,  through  the  paymaster  who  is 
expected  to  pay  it.  If  the  officer  be  on  leave,  or  if  his  accounts  be  payable 
in  Washington,  the  notification  of  transfer  will  be  made  to  the  Paymaster- 
Greneral. 


PAYMENTS    TO    OFFICERS.  185 

1301.  The  following  officers,  in  addition  to  those  whose  pay  is  fixed  by- 
law ,  are  entitled  to  pay  as  mounted  officers :  Officers  of  the  staff  corps  below 
the  rank  of  major,  officers  serving  with  troops  of  cavalry,  officers  of  a  light 
battery  duly  organized  and  equipped,  authorized  aids  duly  appointed,  offi- 
cers serving  with  companies  of  mounted  infantry,  and  officers  on  duty  which 
in  the  opinion  of  the  department  commander  requires  them  to  be  mounted 
and  so  certified  by  the  latter  on  their  pay  vouchers.  Acting  judge-advocates 
of  military  departments,  duly  detailed,  are  entitled,  while  so  serving,  to  the 
rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  captains  of  cavalry. 

130iS.  Department  commanders  will  announce,  in  orders,  the  authority 
obtained  from  the  Secretary  of  War  for  mounting  companies  of  infantry, 
giving  the  date  from  which  such  mounted  service  commences,  and  termina- 
tion of  the  same. 

1303.  Muster  rolls  and  returns  of  light  batteries  and  companies  of 
mounted  infantry  will  show  the  number,  date  and  source  of  order  author- 
izing mounted  service.  The  pay  accounts  of  officers  charging  mounted  pay 
will  contain  the  same  information.  A  copy  of  the  order  will  be  attached  to 
the  first  muster  rolls  prepared  after  the  battery  or  company  has  been  equipped 
or  mounted  ;  a  copy  of  the  order  discontinuing  such  service  will  appear  on 
the  first  muster  rolls  prepared  after  its  discontinuance. 

1304.  An  acting  commissary  will  be  paid  the  additional  pay  allowed  by 
law,  on  the  certificate  of  the  Commissary-General  that  he  has  performed 
the  duty  contemplated  therein  during  the  time  charged.  To  entitle  him  to 
this  pay  he  must  be  detailed  under  proper  orders  from  some  established  post 
or  body  of  troops,  and  must  issue  full  rations  to  troops  from  stores  for  which 
he  is  responsible. 

1 305.  N  o  officer  shall  receive  pay  for  two  staff  appointments  for  the  same 
time.  This  prohibition  does  not  prevent  a  quartermaster  of  a  regiment  who, 
in  addition  to  the  duties  of  his  office,  may  be  acting  commissary,  from 
receiving  the  extra  compensation  allowed  by  law  for  performing  the  duties 
of  the  latter. 

1306.  A  person  appointed  to  the  Army,  or  receiving  an  appointment  to 
a  new  office  therein,  is  entitled  to  pay  from  date  of  acceptance  only.  In  all 
cases  of  promotion  an  officer  is  entitled  to  pay  from  date  of  vacancy. 

1307.  An  officer  leaving  the  service  will,  before  receiving  final  payment, 
produce  certificates  as  to  his  indebtedness  to  the  United  States,  and  will 
make  oath  upon  the  final  voucher  to  the  correctness  of  the  several  items 
contained  therein,  stating  the  place  of  his  residence,  and  that  he  is  not 
indebted  to  the^United  States  on  any  account  whatever,  except  as  shown  by 
said  certificates. 

1308.  An  officer  who  tenders  his  resignation  while  on  duty  will  receive 
pay  to  include  the  date  on  which  he  receives  notice  of  acceptance,  if  he  con- 
tinue on  duty  until  that  time ;  or  if  sooner  relieved  from  duty,  to  include 
the  date  of  relief.  An  officer  whose  resignation  takes  effect  while  on  leave 
will  be  paid  to  include  date  of  acceptance. 

1309.  An  officer  placed  upon  the  retired  list  will  receive  active  pay  to 
include  the  date  of  retirement.  If  on  duty,  he  will  receive  such  pay  to 
include  the  date  of  relief  from  duty. 


186  PAYMENTS   TO    OFFICERS. 

1310.  An  officer  dismissed  by  sentence  of  court-martial  will  be  paid  to 
the  date  of  termination  of  service,  as  specified  in  the  order  promulgating 
the  sentence. 

1311.  In  computing  longevity  pay,  service  performed  as  cadets  at  the 
Military  or  Naval  Academy,  or  as  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  or  Navy,  will 
be  counted. 

1312.  In  payments  to  officers  and  enlisted  men.  the  days  of  commence- 
ment and  expiration  of  service  will  be  included.  When  service  begins  on 
the  31st  day  of  a  month,  pay  will  not  be  allowed  for  that  day. 

1313.  An  officer  ^f  the  Army  appointed  to  a  grade  in  the  volunteers  or 
militia  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  superior  to  that  held  by  him  in 
the  Army  will  be  entitled  to  the  pay  and  emoluments  of  the  grade  to  which 
appointed,  after  muster  therein. 

PAY  DURING  ABSENCE. 

1314.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  in  arrest  and  confinement  by  the  civil 
authorities  will  receive  no  pay  for  the  time  of  such  absence;  if  released  with- 
out trial,  or  after  trial  and  acquittal,  their  right  to  pay  for  the  time  of  such 
absence  is  restored. 

1 3 1  '5.  To  entitle  him  to  full  pay  during  absence  on  account  of  sickness 
or  wounds,  an  officer  must  exhibit  to  the  paymaster  an  order  from  compe- 
tent authority  granting  or  extending  his  sick  leave.  During  the  time  neces- 
sarily consumed  in  making  the  journey  to  his  post,  an  officer  joining  from 
sick  leave  is  entitled  to  full  pay  as  if  on  duty. 

1316.  The  pay  accounts  of  an  officer  on  leave  during  his  absence  will 
exhibit  the  date  of  commencement  of  leave,  authority  therefor,  and,  in  case 
the  account  is  for  the  month  in  which  the  absence  terminates,  date  of  return 
to  duty.  In  all  cases  the  day  of  departure,  or  relief  from  duty,  will  be 
counted  as  a  day  of  duty  and  the  day  of  return  as  one  of  leave. 

1317.  In  determining  the  period  for  which  an  officer  is  entitled  to  full 
pay  on  leave,  time  within  four  successive  leave  years,  terminating  with  the 
one  in  which  absence  is  taken,  will  be  considered.  If  the  absence  does  not 
cover  the  entire  period  for  which  full  pay  is  allowed,  the  balance  there Df 
will  be  placed  to  the  officer's  credit  as  belonging  to  the  last  year  or  years  of 
the  four  considered,  and  may  be  made  available  for  future  leave. 

1318.  The  leave  year  is  reckoned  from  June  20  to  the  following  June  19, 
both  inclusive.  In  computing  leave  of  absence  expressed  in  days  during 
any  leave  year,  every  day  of  such  absence  will  be  counted  ;  leave  expressed 
in  months  will  be  counted  in  months. 

1319.  When  an  officer  on  leave  claims  full  pay  for  any  part  of  his 
absence,  the  paymaster  will  ascertain  the  time  for  which  he  is  entitled  to 
the  same  from  the  monthly  list  of  absentees  issued  from  the  Adjutant- 
General's  Office  ;  or,  if  that  does  not  afford  the  information,  from  the  offi- 
cer's statement  on  his  account  of  his  absence  on  leave  during  each  leave 
year. 

1320.  An  officer  ordered  to  temporary  duty  while  on  leave  will  be 
regarded  as  on  duty  from  the  day  on  which  he  receives  the  order.  When  the 
duty  is  to  be  performed  at  a  future  date,  he  will  be  on  duty  from  the  date 
on  which  he  starts  to  obey  the  order.    The  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  in 


TRAVEL   ALLOWANCES.  187 

the  first  case,  and  the  date  of  departure  in  the  second,  will  be  promptly- 
reported  to  the  Adjutant- General  of  the  Army.  When  relieved  from  such 
duty,  or  on  the  completion  thereof,  he  reverts  to  the  status  of  leave  and  will 
be  credited  with  the  time  on  duty  under  such  order.  ^ 

TRAVEL  ALLOWANCES. 

1321*  When  an  officer  travels  without  troops  under  orders,  he  is 
entitled  to  the  following  allowances : 

1.  To  mileage  at  the  rate  of  4  cents  per  mile  for  the  distance  between  the 
points  named  in  the  order,  such  distance  to  be  computed  over  the  shortest 
usually  traveled  route, 

2.  To  reimbursement  of  the  cost  of  transportation  actually  paid  by  him 
over  the  route  above  specified,  exclusive  of  sleeping  and  parlor  car  fares 
and  charges  for  baggage  and  transfers.  Officers  will  not  be  reimbursed  for 
cost  of  transportation  over  free  or  bond  aided  roads,  but  transportation  in 
kind  over  such  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

1323.  Travel  allowances  will  be  paid  by  the  chief  paymaster  of  the 
department  in  which  the  journey  is  completed. 

1323.  To  entitle  an  officer  to  travel  allowances  the  travel  must  be  spe- 
cifically ordered  previous  to  its  commencement,  or  covered  by  certificate 
that  the  urgency  of  the  duty  was  such  as  to  prevent  his  obtaining  previous 
orders,  and  accompanied  by  evidence  of  approval  by  proper  authority. 
Such  order  will  state  the  special  duty  enjoined,  recite  that  the  travel  therein 
directed  is  necessary  for  the  public  service,  and  direct  the  officer  to  return 
to  his  station  upon  completion  of  assigned  duty,  if  such  return  is  contem- 
plated. An  order  for  travel,  part  of  which  is  to  be  made  with  troops, 
should  direct  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  furnish  transportation 
for  so  much  of  the  journey  as  is  to  be  performed  with  troops. 

1324.  Orders  will  not  prescribe  lines  of  travel,  except  when  necessary, 
and  then  the  reasons  will  be  set  forth  in  the  order. 

1325.  The  original  order,  or  certified  copy,  including  indorsements,  will 
accompany  each  voucher  for  travel  allowances. 

1326.  Mileage  will  be  computed  in  accordance  with  the  lists  of  distances 
compiled  by  the  Paymaster-General,  whatever  the  route  traveled.  Excep- 
tion to  this  rule  will  be  made  only  when  the  terms  of  the  order,  or  the 
impracticability  of  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route,  compel  the  officer  to 
take  another,  or  when  the  journey  is  performed  by  a  route  shorter  than 
that  usually  traveled.  In  such  cases  travel  allowances  will  be  computed 
over  the  actually  traveled  route. 

1327.  When  an  officer  on  leave  of  absence  is  ordered  to  rejoin  his  sta- 
tion, he  will  not  be  entitled  to  travel  allowances  unless  the  public  service 
requires  the  performance  of  duty  en  route,  in  which  case  the  order  will 
specify  the  duty,  the  necessity  therefor,  and  the  points  at  which  the  duty 
will  begin  and  end. 

1328.  When  an  officer  is  ordered,  while  on  leave  of  absence,  to  accom- 
pany a  detachment  of  recruits  to  the  vicinity  in  which  his  regiment  is  serv- 
ing, and  on  the  completion  of  this  duty  to  join  his  company,  he  returns  to  a 
status  of  leave  as  soon  as  relieved  from  duty  with  the  recruits,  and  will 
proceed  to  join  his  company  without  expense  to  the  Government,  unless  the 
distance  he  may  have  to  travel  without  troops  should  be  in  excess  of  what 
it  would  have  been  had  he  not  received  the  order. 


188  TRAVEL   ALLOWANCES. 

13S29.  An  officer  on  leave  of  absence  ordered  to  temporary  duty  involv- 
ing travel  without  troops  will  receive  travel  allowances  from  place  of  receipt 
of  order  to  place  of  performance  of  duty  and  return. 

1330.  When  the  station  of  an  officer,  serving  either  with  or  without 
troops,  is  changed  while  he  is  on  leave  of  absence,  he  will,  on  joining  his 
new  station,  be  entitled  to  travel  allowances  from  the  place  of  receipt  of  the 
order  to  the  new  station,  provided  the  journey  is  made  without  troops  and 
the  distance  is  not  greater  than  that  from  the  old  to  the  new  station  ;  but  if 
the  distance  be  greater  he  will  be  entitled  to  travel  allowances  for  a  distance 
equal  to  that  from  the  old  to  the  new  station  only.  Should  it  be  necessary 
for  such  officer  to  return  to  his  old  station  before  proceeding  to  the  new, 
authority  for  such  return  may  be  given  by  the  officer  who  issued  the  order 
for  the  change  of  station.  In  such  case  the  order  for  change  of  station  will 
carry  mileage  only  from  the  old  to  the  new  station. 

1331.  An  officer  under  orders  to  change  station,  who  takes  advantage  of 
a  leave  of  absence  before  he  joins  his  new  station,  is  not  deprived  of  the 
travel  allowances  to  which  he  would  be  entitled  had  he  not  availed  himself 
of  the  leave.  The  leave  of  absence  merely  suspends  the  execution  of  the 
order  for  change  of  station,  and  at  the  expiration  of  the  leave  the  officer 
comes  under  the  operation  of  the  order,  and  in  obeying  it  is  entitled  to  full 
pay  for  the  time  necessary  to  perfonn  the  journey  from  his  old  to  his  new 
station. 

1332.  An  officer  relieved  from  duty  at  a  station  and  granted  leave  of 
absence  before  assignment  to  another,  who  receives  an  order  of  assignment 
before  expiration  of  leave,  is  entitled  to.  travel  allowances  from  the  place 
where  he  receives  the  order  to  his  new  station. 

1333.  An  officer  traveling  on  duty  in  connection  with  public  works  (not 
arsenals,  military  surveys,  or  explorations)  will  receive  travel  allowances 
from  the  appropriation  for  the  work,  but  if  there  be  no  appropriation  he 
will  receive  travel  allowances  from  the  Pay  Department. 

1334.  In  the  following  cases  no  expense  of  travel  is  allowed  :  In  joining 
for  duty  upon  first  appointment  to  the  military  service,  or  under  the  first 
order  after  a  reinstatement  or  reappointment,  or  under  an  order  to  effect  a 
transfer  from  one  company  or  regiment  to  another,  made  at  the  request  of 
the  officers  transferred.  Assistant  surgeons,  graduates  of  the  Military 
Academy,  and  officers  appointed  from  the  ranks,  joining  under  first  order 
after  appointment  or  commission,  are  excepted  from  these  provisions. 

1335.  Allowances  for  travel  of  officers  summoned  before  committees  of 
Congress  are  not  proper  charges  upon  the  appropriations  for  the  support 
of  the  Army. 

COMMUTATION  OF  QUARTERS. 

1336.  An  officer  on  duty  without  troops  at  a  station  where  there  are  no 
public  quarters,  or  where  the  public  quarters  are  inadequate,  is  entitled  to 
commutation  therefor  at  established  rates. 

133*7.  An  officer  on  duty  at  a  station  where  he  is  properly  in  receipt  of 
commutation  of  quarters  is  entitled  to  the  allowance  during  ordinary  leave 
on  full  pay,  but  not  during  sick  leave.  If  he  is  relieved  from  duty  at  the 
station  and  then  granted  a  leave  his  commutation  ceases. 


COMMUTATION    OF    QUARTERS — STOPPAGES.  189 

133S.  An  officer  does  not  lose  his  right  to  quarters  or  commutation  at 
his  permanent  station  by  a  temporary  absence  on  duty.  While  he  continues 
to  hold  that  right  and  exercises  it  by  constructive  occupation  or  use  of  any 
kind,  he  can  not  legally  demand  quarters  nor  commutation  at  any  other 
station.    Exceptions  to  this  rule  can  be  made  only  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1339.  When  the  command  to  which  an  officer  belongs  changes  station 
during  his  temporary  absence  on  duty  he  loses  his  right  to  quarters  from 
the  time  his  command  leaves  its  old  station  and  does  not  acquire  a  right  at 
the  new  station  until  he  has  reported  for  duty  thereat.  He  is  entitled  in  the 
meantime  to  quarters  or  commutation  therefor  at  the  station  where  he  is 
temporarily  serving. 

1340.  An  officer  relieved  from  duty  at  one  station,  where  he  was  entitled 
to  commutation  of  quarters,  and  assigned  to  another,  is  not  entitled  to  such 
allowance  from  the  date  of  relief  to  the  date  on  which  he  reports  in  person 
at  the  new  station. 

134 1.  Officers  who,  for  the  convenience  of  the  Government,  are  directed 
to  await  orders  for  a  limited  period  at  a  point  where  there  are  no  public 
quarters,  are  entitled  to  commutation ;  but  an  officer  ordered  to  his  home  to 
await  orders  is  not  entitled  to  this  allowance.  An  officer  ordered  to  report 
by  letter  to  a  superior  does  not  become  entitled  to  commutation  of  quarters 
until  he  receives  a  specific  order  of  assignment  and  reports  in  person  at  the 
station  to  which  assigned. 

1342.  The  first  voucher  for  commutation  of  quarters  at  any  station 
must  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  order  assigning  the  officer  to  duty 
thereat.  In  subsequent  vouchers  the  paymaster  will  refer  by  number,  etc., 
to  the  voucher  with  which  the  order  is  filed,  and  the  final  voucher  must  be 
accompanied  by  the  authority  for,  and  must  show  the  date  of  relief  from, 
such  duty. 

STOPPAGES. 

1343.  When  an  officer  has  been  overpaid,  or  is  indebted  to  the  United 
States  for  money  or  property,  or  has  failed  properly  to  account  for  the  same, 
the  chief  of  the  bureau  concerned  will  promptly  notify  him  of  the  amount 
of  his  indebtedness,  or  his  failure  to  account.  If  after  such  notice  he  does 
not  refund,  or  make  satisfactory  explanation,  or  take  proper  action  within  a 
reasonable  time,  the  matter  will  be  reported  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1344.  On  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  stoppages  maybe  made 
against  the  pay  of  officers  for  overpayments,  illegal  disbursement,  or  loss 
through  fraud  or  neglect  of  the  public  funds,  and  for  deficiencies  in,  loss  of, 
or  damage  to,  military  supplies,  unless  proof  be  furnished  that  the  deficiency, 
loss  or  damage  was  not  occasioned  by  any  fault  on  their  part. 

1345.  The  notice  of  stoppage  of  officers'  pay  will  be  prepared  in  the  form 
of  a  monthly  circular  to  paymasters,  advising  them  of  stoppages  outstand- 
ing at  its  date.  This  circular  will  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War  for 
his  approval  prior  to  its  publication.  When  an  officer's  name  is  borne 
thereon,  no  payment  of  salary  will  be  made  to  him  which  is  not  in  accord- 
ance with  the  stoppage  entry  made  against  his  name. 

1346.  Overpayments  to  an  officer  will  be  deducted  on  the  first  payment 
after  a  notice  of  stoppage  against  him  is  received,  even  if  the  pay  accounts 
have  been  assigned. 


190  PAY    OF    ENLISTED    MEN. 


PAYMENT   OF   CADETS. 

1347.  Payment  on  muster  and  pay  rolls  and  final  accounts  will  be  made 
to  the  cadets  at  the  Military  Academy  by  a  paymaster,  who  will  turn  over 
the  net  amount  of  the  rolls  and  accounts  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Academy. 

PAYMENT   OF   ENLISTED   MEN. 

134S.  Troops  will  be  paid  every  month  unless  circumstances  prevent, 
in  which  case  the  paymaster  charged  with  the  payment  will  immediately 
report  the  facts  through  his  chief  paymaster  to  the  Paymaster-General. 

1349.  Payments  will  be  made  as  soon  after  the  close  of  each  month  as 
practicable : 

1.  By  paymasters  in  person  ;  or 

2.  By  check  or  currency  shipped  by  express. 

The  troops  at  posts  where  paymasters  are  stationed  and  others  in  their 
immediate  vicinity,  to  be  designated  in  instructions  issued  from  the  Adju- 
tant-General's Office,  will  be  paid  by  paymasters  in  person. 

For  posts  at  which  payments  are  not  required  to  be  made  in  person,  the 
paymaster  will  transmit  the  pay  due  in  one  or  more  of  the  following  ways  : 

1.  By  individual  check,  payable  to  the  order  of  each  man  for  the  exact 
amount  due. 

2.  By  inclosing  in  a  separate  sealed  envelope  the  exact  amount  in  cur- 
rency due  each  soldier,  with  his  name  and  the  amount  inclosed  marked 
thereon. 

1350.  Duplicate  muster  and  pay  rolls  will  be  duly  signed  by  the  men, 
and  forwarded  by  the  commanding  officer  by  mail  to  the  paymaster  who 
has  been  designated  by  the  department  commander  to  pay  the  command. 

1351.  When  forwarding  the  rolls  the  post  commander  will  furnish  the 
paymaster  with  the  name,  rank,  etc. ,  of  the  officer  designated  to  see  that 
the  men  of  the  command  are  paid,  and  at  the  same  time  will  state  what 
part  of  the  pay  can  conveniently  be  received  by  the  men  in  individual 
checks  and  cashed  at  or  near  the  post  without  discount,  designating  the 
location  of  depository  on  which  it  is  desired  that  the  checks  should  be  drawn. 
The  remainder  of  the  pay  will  be  sent  in  envelopes. 

1353.  The  paymaster  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  draw  the  checks  on  the 
depository  designated,  the  checks  and  money  for  each  organization  will  be 
inclosed  in  separate  packages  properly  marked,  and  the  whole  will  be  con- 
solidated into  one  package  and  forwarded  by  express  to  the  post  commander. 
One  of  each  of  the  company  or  detachment  rolls  extended  to  show  the 
amounts  to  be  paid  will  be  returned  to  the  commanding  officer  and  by  him 
sent  to  the  proper  company  commanders. 

1353.  At  places  beyond  express  delivery,  the  post  commander,  when 
notified  by  the  paymaster  that  funds  are  to  be  expected,  will  send  an  officer 
with  a  suitable  escort  to  receipt  for  the  express  package  and  convey  the 
funds  to  the  post.  The  name  of  the  officer  authorized  to  receipt  for  the  pack- 
age will  previously  have  been  reported  to  the  paymaster, 

1354.  When  the  package  is  received  at  the  post,  it  will  be  delivered  to 
the  officer  who  has  been  designated  by  the  commanding  officer  to  distribute 
the  pay.  As  soon  as  possible  the  individual  checks  or  the  currency  will  be 
handed  to  the  men  by  the  officer  designated,  and  when  the  payment  is  in. 


PAY    OF    ENLISTED    MEN.  191 

currency  from  envelopes,  a  second  officer,  who  may  be  the  company  com- 
mander, mil  be  required  to  verify  the  amounts  in  the  envelopes,  so  that,  in 
case  of  error,  certificates  may  be  prepared  at  once  by  both  officers.  Should 
there  be  a  deficiency  it  will  be  so  certified  on  the  roll  by  the  paying  and  the 
verifying  officers,  and  should  there  be  an  excess  the  surplus  will  be  returned 
to  the  paymaster.  In  each  case  a  statement  of  the  facts,  with  appropriate 
certificates,  will  be  sent  to  the  paymaster  by  the  post  commander. 

1355.  Should  any  error  or  informality  be  discovered  in  a  check,  it  will 
be  returned  to  the  paymaster  for  correction;  and  the  roll  may  be  held,  or 
returned  with  a  note  as  to  the  nonpayment,  at  the  discretion  of  the  post 
commander. 

1356.  Should  the  bank  or  person  who  cashes  the  individual  check  so 
desire,  the  company  commander  will  certify  to  the  correctness  of  the 
indorsements  made  by  his  men  upon  their  respective  checks. 

1357.  Each  company  commander  will  witness  the  payment  of  the  com- 
pany and  so  certify  on  the  roll,  which  he  will  then  transmit  to  the  pay- 
master. When  the  paymaster  has  received  this  witnessed  roll  he  will  send 
the  duplicate  to  be  witnessed  and  returned.  Should  it  be  impracticable, 
owing  to  his  absence  or  incapacity,  to  secure  the  signature  of  the  witness- 
ing officer  to  the  second  roll,  any  commissioned  officer  may  make  upon  it 
an  official  copy  of  the  witnessing  officer's  certificate  and  signature  as  evi- 
denced by  the  retained  roll. 

135§.  Should  a  soldier  die  or  desert  in  the  interval  between  signing  the 
roll  and  the  actual  payment,  the  check  or  the  cash  received  for  him  will  be 
treated  as  the  effects  of  a  deceased  soldier  or  of  a  deserter.  Should  he  be 
temporarily  absent  or  in  confinement,  it  will  be  retained  by  the  company 
commander  until  return  or  release  of  the  soldier. 

1359.  Should  a  soldier  decline  to  receive  his  pay,  or  if,  for  any  other 
reason  than  those  mentioned  it  should  be  impracticable  to  deliver  it  to  him, 
the  money  or  check  will  be  returned  by  express  or  registered  mail  to  the 
paymaster,  the  man's  signature  on  the  roll  canceled,  and  a  note  of  explana- 
tion verified  by  the  signature  of  the  witnessing  officer  made  upon  the  roll. 

1360.  Deposits  may  be  made  in  the  usual  manner,  the  amount  to  be 
deposited  being  reported  to  the  paymaster  by  letter  forwarded  with  the  rolls, 
the  soldier's  deposit  book  being  also  forwarded  therewith.  Should  a  man 
desire  to  deposit  a  sum  greater  than  his  pay,  his  company  commander  will 
see  that  a  proper  check,  postal  order,  or  express  order  accompanies  his 
deposit  book ;  if  neither  check  nor  order  can  be  obtained,  the  company  com- 
mander will  send  the  money  by  registered  mail  at  public  expense,  verifying 
the  amount  and  reporting  it  in  a  separate  communication  to  the  paymaster. 
Deposit  books  will  be  returned  by  the  paymaster  to  the  company  commander 
properly  filled  in  for  attestation. 

1361.  Troops  in  the  field  will  be  paid  by  currency  in  envelopes,  unless  the 
department  commander  directs  personal  payment  by  the  paymaster. 

1362.  In  time  of  war,  troops  in  active  campaign  will  be  paid  by  paymas- 
ters in  person ;  troops  in  garrison  may  be  paid  by  the  paymaster  or  by  checks 
or  currency  in  envelopes ;  troops  in  campaign  by  either  of  these  methods,  as 
the  army  or  department  commander  may  direct. 

1363.  Payments  to  enlisted  men  will  be  made  on  muster  and  pay  rolls, 
with  the  following  exceptions :  Enlisted  men  retired,  and  men  of  the  post 


192  PAY   OF    ENLISTED    MEN. 

noncommissioned  staff,  or  acting  as  such,  and  sergeants  of  the  Signal  Corps 
on  duty  where  there  are  no  other  troops.  These  will  be  paid  on  their 
descriptive  lists  by  the  chief  paymaster  of  the  department,  or  a  paymaster 
designated  by  him  ;  if  not  under  the  orders  of  the  department  commander, 
they  will  be  paid  by  a  paymaster  designated  by  the  Paymaster-General.  Pay- 
ments to  discharged  soldiers  will  be  made  by  any  paymaster  under  the 
provisions  of  paragraphs  1382  to  1388. 

1364.  An  officer  in  command  of  a  company  or  detachment  or  in  charge 
of  a  hospital  will  attend  at  the  pay  table,  witness  the  payment  of  his  men, 
and  certify  at  the  foot  of  the  muster  and  pay  roll  that  he  witnessed  the  pay- 
ment. All  enlisted  men  present  will  receipt  the  pay  roll  for  the  amount  due 
them  thereon.  When  a  soldier  can  not  write,  he  will  receipt  by  his  mark, 
which  will  be  witnessed  by  a  commissioned  officer. 

RE-ENLISTMENT   AND   CONTINUOUS  SERVICE   PAY. 

1365.  Re-enlistment  pay,  under  section  1282,  Revised  Statutes,  and  act  of 
August  1, 1894,  will  be  allowed  to  all  enlisted  men  at  the  rate  of  pay  provided 
for  the  fifth  year  of  continuous  service.  One  dollar  per  month  of  this  pay, 
however,  will  be  retained  until  the  soldier's  discharge  from  such  re-enlist- 
ment, subject  to  forfeiture  unless  he  serves  honestly  and  faithfully  to  that 
date.  This  re-enlistment  pay  having  been  once  earned  by  five  years'  contin- 
uous service,  will  be  paid  to  the  soldier  during  all  subsequent  service,  what- 
ever period  of  time  may  intervene  between  enlistment  and  prior  discharge, 
subject  to  the  same  conditions  in  regard  to  retention  and  forfeiture. 

1366.  Continuous  service  pay  at  the  rate  of  $2.00  per  month  will  be 
paid  to  all  enlisted  men  who  have  served  continuously  for  a  longer  period 
than  five  years,  and  for  each  successive  period  of  five  years,  so  long  as  they 
shall  remain  continuously  in  the  Army,  an  additional  monthly  allowance  of 
$1.00.  A  re-enlistment  after  a  period  exceeding  three  months  from  date 
of  discharge  does  not  entitle  the  soldier  to  continuous  service  pay.  One  or 
more  terms  of  service  rendered  prior  to  August  4,  1854,  will  be  counted  as 
five  years'  continuous  service. 

136*7.  The  re-enlistment  pay  of  an  enlisted  man  not  entitled  to  continu- 
ous service  allowances,  will  be  indicated  on  the  muster  and  pay  rolls  as 
"entitled  to  re-enlisted  pay."  If  entitled  to  both  re-enlistment  and  contin- 
uous service  pay,  then  as  "$2.00  per  month  for  five  years' continuous 
service;"  "$3.00  per  month  for  ten  years' continuous  service;"  "$4.00  per 
month  for  fifteen  years'  continuous  service,"  etc. 

FORFEITURES  AND   DEDUCTIONS. 

136§.  The  paymaster  will  deduct  from  the  pay  of  all  soldiers,  12i 
cents  per  month  for  the  support  of  the  Soldiers'  Home,  the  same  to  be 
deducted  bimonthly  on  the  February,  April,  etc.,  rolls.  At  the  time  of 
payment  he  will  also  deduct  the  authorized  stoppages  entered  on  the  muster 
rolls,  descriptive  lists,  or  final  statements. 

1369.  Retained  pay  will  be  forfeited  for  the  following  causes  : 

1.  Desertion. 

2.  When  the  soldier  is  in  confinement  under  a  general  court-martial 
sentence  expressly  imposing  imprisonment  until  or  beyond  the  expiration  of 
his  term ;  when  discharged  under  sentence  of  general  court-martial ;  when 
discharged  by  order  from  the  War  Department  specifying  forfeiture,  or 
because  of  imprisonment  by  the  civil  authority. 


PAY    OF    ENLISTED    MEN.  193 

3.  When  the  soldier  is  discharged  for  minority  concealed  at  enlistment, 
or  for  other  cause  involving  fraud  in  enlistment,  or  for  disability  caused  by 
his  misconduct. 

4.  Upon  the  approved  finding  of  a  board  of  officers  called  under  para- 
graph 148,  that  the  soldier  has  not  served  honestly  and  faithfully  to  the  date 
of  discharge. 

The  cause  of  forfeiture  will  be  stated  on  the  muster  and  pay  rolls  and  on 
the  final  statements  of  the  soldier. 

CERTIFICATE   OF  MERIT. 

13'9'0.  A  certificate  of  merit  granted  to  an  enlisted  man  for  distinguished 
service  entitles  him,  from  the  date  of  such  service,  to  additional  pay  at  the 
rate  of  $2.00  per  month  while  in  the  Army,  although  such  service  may  not 
be  continuous. 

DEPOSITS. 

13*71.  Any  enlisted  man,  not  retired,  may  deposit  his  savings  with  any 
paymaster  in  sums  not  less  than  $5.00,  the  same  to  remain  so  deposited  until 
final  payment  on  discharge.  The  paymaster  will  furnish  the  depositor  with 
a  book,  in  which  each  deposit,  with  name  of  depositor,  date,  place,  and 
amount,  in  words  and  figures,  will  be  entered  in  the  form  of  a  certificate, 
signed  by  the  paymaster  and  company  commander.  The  company  com- 
mander will  keep  in  the  company  record  book  an  account  of  every  deposit 
made  by  the  soldier;  and  after  each  regular  payment  he,  and  all  officers 
having  charge  of  detachments  of  enlisted  men  at  date  of  deposit,  will  trans- 
mit, direct  to  the  Paymaster-General,  a  list  of  names  of  depositors,  showing 
in  each  case  the  date,  place,  and  amount  of  deposit,  and  name  of  pay- 
master receiving  the  same.  These  lists,  before  transmittal,  will  be  examined 
and  compared  with  the  record  of  deposits  on  the  company  or  detachment 
book  and  the  deposit  book  of  the  soldier.  Should  a  soldier  who  has  made  a 
deposit  be  transferred  or  desert,  the  fact  will  be  promptly  reported  direct 
to  the  Paymaster-General  by  the  officer  in  command  of  the  company  or 
detachment  to  which  he  belonged.  In  case  of  transfer,  his  descriptive  list 
will  be  made  to  exhibit  the  date  and  amount  of  each  deposit. 

1373.  On  the  discharge  of  a  soldier,  the  date  and  amount,  in  words  and 
figures,  of  each  of  his  deposits  will  be  entered  upon  his  final  statements, 
and  his  deposit  book  will  be  taken  up  by  the  paymaster  who  pays  him,  and 
filed  with  the  voucher  of  payment.  In  case  deposits  are  forfeited  by  deser- 
tion, the  amounts  of  the  same  will  be  entered  on  the  final  statements  under 
the  head  "Remarks,"  and  the  facts  and  authority  for  such  forfeiture  given. 

1373.  Before  delivering  final  statements  upon  which  deposits  are  cred- 
ited, the  officer  signing  them  will  ascertain  whether  the  soldier  has  the 
deposit  book  ;  and,  if  so,  instruct  him  to  present  it  to  the  paymaster.  Should 
he  claim  to  have  lost  it,  the  officer  will  cause  his  affidavit  to  that  effect  to 
be  taken  and  attached  to  the  statements.  The  affidavit  will  clearly  state 
the  circumstances  attending  loss  of  the  book,  and  show  that  the  soldier  has 
not  sold  or  assigned  it.  Upon  this  evidence  the  paymaster  may  pay,  and 
the  responsibility  for  the  correctness  of  amounts  credited  on  the  statements 
will  rest  with  the  officer  certifying  them. 

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194  PAY    OF    ENLISTED    MEN. 

1374.  Paymasters  will  not  pay  deposits  except  on  final  statements. 
When  they  are  not  paid,  the  soldier  should  forward  his  deposit  book  or  the 
evidence  referred  to  in  the  preceding  paragraph  to  the  Paymaster-General. 
Enlisted  men  should  be  informed  of  the  importance  of  preserving  deposit 
books  as  the  only  certain  means  of  insuring  prompt  repayment. 

1375.  A  soldier  must  draw  his  deposit  when  he  is  discharged.  He  can 
then  renew  it  after  re-enlistment,  and  will  be  entitled  to  interest  from 
date  of  such  renewal.  Failure  to  present  the  final  statements  for  payment 
leaves  the  money  without  interest  until  drawn  and  again  deposited. 

1376.  For  any  sum  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  deposited  for  the  period 
of  six  months  or  longer,  the.soldier,  when  discharged,  will  be  paid  interest 
at  the  rate  of  4  per  cent,  per  annum  to  date  of  discharge. 

1377.  On  the  death  of  a  soldier,  each  deposit,  with  amount,  date,  place, 
and  paymaster  with  whom  deposited,  will  be  noted  in  the  inventory  of  his 
effects,  and  on  the  accompanying  final  statements  with  which  his  deposit 
book  will  be  filed. 

137S.  Both  deposits  and  interest  will  be  forfeited  by  desertion,  but  are 
exempt  from  forfeiture  by  sentence  of  court-martial  and  from  liability 
for  the  soldier's  debts. 

1379.  The  retained  pay  of  enlisted  men  will  be  treated  as  deposits,  to 
the  extent  that  it  draws  interest  from  the  end  of  the  year  of  the  enlistment 
in  which  retained.  It  is  subject  to  forfeiture  for  any  of  the  causes  set  forth 
in  paragraph  1369,  and  is  carried  to  the  credit  of  the  soldier  on  his  final 
statements,  subject  to  deduction  for  debts  due  the  United  States  at  the  date 
of  discharge. 

PAY   OF  DESERTERS. 

(SeeAi-t.  XIX.) 

13  SO.  An  enlisted  man  charged  with  desertion  will  not  receive  pay  until 
his  offense  has  been  investigated  by  a  court-martial  or  he  has  been  restored 
to  duty  without  trial. 

13S1.  Every  deserter  forfeits  all  pay  and  allowances  due  at  the  date  of 
desertion.  Stoppages  and  forfeitures  then  due  will  be  deducted  from  his 
arrears  of  pay,  and,  if  not  so  satisfied,  from  pay  due  after  apprehension. 
The  company  commander  will  note  upon  the  first  muster  roll  after  appre- 
hension all  data  necessary  to  a  complete  settlement  of  the  soldier's  account 
from  the  date  of  last  payment,  and  will  carry  the  account  to  subsequent 
rolls  until  the  settlement  is  made.  No  settlement  of  the  pay  account  of 
any  enlisted  man  will  be  made  on  the  rolls  until  sufficient  pay  shall  have 
accrued  to  satisfy  all  dues  to  the  United  States  and  pay  a  balance  to  the 
soldier.  The  required  data  will  include  date  of  last  payment,  desertion, 
and  apprehension,  credits  at  date  of  desertion  on  account  of  clothing, 
unsatisfied  forfeitures  under  prior  sentences,  and  dues  to  the  United  States 
at  date  of  desertion  on  account  of  clothing,  subsistence,  ordnance,  etc.  If, 
while  absent  in  desertion,  he  illegally  enlisted  in  another  organization,  the 
date  of  last  payment  in  such  enlistment  and  all  stoppage  due  the  United 
States  at  date  of  surrender  or  apprehension  will  be  stated. 


PAY    OF    ENLISTED    MEN.  195 

PAYMENT   OF   DISCHARGED  SOLDIERS. 

(See  Art.  XXI.) 

13SI3.  Discharged  soldiers  will  be  paid  on  final  statements  prepared  in 
duplicate  and  furnished  to  them  by  their  company  or  detachment  com- 
manders. Payment  will  be  made  only  on  presentation  of  both  copies. 
Except  when  notified  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  150,  paymasters  will  not 
pay  discharged  soldiers  unless  otherwise  satisfied  of  the  genuineness  of  the 
discharge  papers  and  the  identity  of  the  claimants. 

1383.  Upon  payment  of  the  final  statements  of  a  discharged  soldier,  the 
paymaster  will  write  on' the  discharge  "Paid  in  full,"  with  his  signature, 
noting  amounts  paid,  except  when  the  final  statements  have  been  transferred 
and  are  not  accompanied  by  the  discharge.  The  day  of  enlistment  and  the 
day  of  discharge  will  both  be  included  in  reckoning  pay. 

1384.  Paymasters,  or  other  officers  to  whom  a  discharged  soldier  reports 
the  loss  or  non-receipt  by  him  of  final  statements  to  which  he  is  entitled,  will 
report  the  fact  to  the  Paymaster-General,  with  any  evidence  the  soldier 
furnishes  them  in  the  matter.  The  Paymaster- General  will  transmit  the 
evidence  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department. 

1 3S5.  Traveling  allowances  to  discharged  soldiers  are  computed  by  taking 
the  distance  in  miles  by  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route  from  place  of 
discharge  to  that  of  enlistment,  and  allowing  one  day's  pay,  and  subsistence 
at  the  rate  of  30  cents,  for  every  20  miles  of  travel.  If  in  the  computation 
there  remains  a  fraction  of  10  miles  or  more,  it  will  be  reckoned  as  a  full 
day ;  if  less,  it  will  not  be  considered.  If  transportation  has  been  furnished 
for  any  part  of  the  distance,  that  part  will  be  excluded  from  the  computa- 
tion of  travel  pay,  but  subsistence  for  the  full  distance  will  be  allowed. 

1386.  An  enlisted  man  discharged  for  minority  concealed  at  enlistment, 
or  for  other  cause  involving  fraud  on  his  part  in  the  enlistment,  is  not 
entitled  to  pay  and  allowances,  including  those  for  travel,  and  will  not 
receive  final  statements  unless  deposits  or  detained  pay  are  due  him,  in  which 
case  final  statements,  containing  only  a  list  of  his  deposits  or  the  amount  of 
detained  pay  will  be  furnished. 

1387.  Recruits  are  entitled  to  pay  and  allowances  when  discharged  on 
certificates  of  disability.  When  discharged  for  any  cause  involving  fraud 
on  their  part  at  enlistment,  paragraph  1386  will  govern. 

1388.  The  transfer  by  an  enlisted  man  of  a  claim  for  pay  due  on  his  final 
statements  will  be  recognized  only  when  made  after  discharge,  in  writing, 
indorsed  on  the  final  statements,  signed  by  the  soldier,  and  witnessed  by  a 
commissioned  officer  or  by  some  other  reputable  person  known  to  the  paj"- 
master.  The  person  witnessing  the  transfer  must  indorse  on  the  discharge 
the  fact  of  transfer  of  the  final  statements,  and  on  the  final  statements  the 
fact  that  such  indorsement  has  been  made  on  the  discharge. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

1389.  When  a  paymaster  has  made  an  incorrect  payment  to  an  enlisted 
man,  he  will  report  the  fact  to  the  commander  of  the  company  in  which  the 
man  is  mustered,  who  will  note  the  same  on  the  next  muster  and  pay  roll, 
that  it  may  be  corrected. 


196  MEDICAL    DEPARTMENT. 

1390.  Authorized  stoppages  will  be  entered  on  the  rolls  and  paid  in  the 
following  order  : 

1.  Reimbursements  to  the  United  States  for  the  loss  or  damage  to  arms, 
equipments  or  other  public  property,  the  nature  of  which  will  be  clearly- 
stated,  extra  issues  of  clothing,  transportation,  subsistence,  expense  of  appre- 
hending deserters. 

2.  Amounts  paid  post  exchange  and  laundrymen  at  recruit  rendezvous. 

3.  Reimbursements  to  individuals  (as  the  paymaster,  for  instance). 

4.  Forfeitures  for  desertion,  and  fines  by  sentence  of  court-martial. 

1391.  Officers  of  the  Pay  Department  will  not  give  receipts  except  in 
the  following  cases : 

1.  For  transfers  of  money. 

2.  For  money  of  deceased  soldiers  or  of  deserters. 

3.  For  stoppages  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  for  which  the  Pay- 
master-G-eneral  may  direct  receipts  to  be  given. 

4.  For  refundments  made  by  officers  on  account  of  overpayments  made  by 
paymasters. 

In  all  other  cases,  the  party  turning  over  or  refunding  money  should  place 
it  in  some  authorized  public  depository,  or  transfer  it  to  a  disbursing  officer 
of  the  department  to  which  the  money  belongs. 

ARTICLE    LXXXI. 

Medical  Department. 

Note. — Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Medical  Deoartment,  prepared  and  pub- 
lished under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  "War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the 
Surgeon- General.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  nature 
or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

1392.  The  Medical  Department,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  investigating  the  sanitary  condition  of  the 
Army  and  making  recommendations  in  reference  thereto,  with  the  duty  of 
caring  for  the  sick  and  wounded,  making  physical  examinations  of  officers 
and  enlisted  men,  and  furnishing  all  medical  and  hospital  supplies,  except 
for  public  animals. 

1393.  The  surgeon,  under  the  direction  of  the  commanding  officer,  will 
supervise  the  hygiene  of  the  post  or  command,  and  recommend  such  meas- 
ures as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  prevent  or  diminish  disease.  He  will 
examine,  at  least  once  a  month,  and  note  in  the  medical  history  of  the  post 
the  sanitary  condition  of  all  public  buildings,  the  drainage,  the  sewerage, 
amount  and  quality  of  the  water  supply,  the  clothing  and  habits  of  the 
men,  and  character  and  cooking  of  the  food,  and  immediately  after  such 
examination  will  report  thereon  in  writing  to  the  commanding  officer,  with 
such  recommendations  as  he  may  deem  proper.  The  commanding  officer 
will  return  the  report,  with  his  view^s  and  action  indorsed  thereon,  and  if 
he  deem  the  action  recommended  impracticable  or  undesirable,  will  state 
fully  his  objections.  The  indorsement  will  be  recorded  in  the  medical  his- 
tory of  the  post,  and  the  report  and  indorsement  will  be  forwarded  by  the 
surgeon,  through  military  channels,  to  the  Surgeon-General. 


APPOINTMENTS HOSPITAL  CORPS.         197 

APPOINTMENTS. 

1394*  No  person  will  be  appointed  an  assistant  surgeon  unless  he  has 
been  examined  and  approved  by  a  board  consisting  of  not  less  than  three 
medical  officers  designated  by  the  Secretary  of  War  ;  and  no  person  will  be 
appointed  a  surgeon  unless  he  has  served  five  years  as  an  assistant  surgeon 
in  the  Army,  and  has  been  examined  and  approved  by  a  board  consisting  of 
not  less  than  three  surgeons,  designated  as  aforesaid, 

139^.  No  allowance  will  be  made  for  the  expenses  of  persons  undergo- 
ing examination,  but  those  who  receive  appointments  will  be  entitled  to 
travel  allowances  in  obeying  the  first  order  assigning  them  to  duty. 

THE   HOSPITAL  CORPS. 

1396.  All  hospital  services  in  garrison  and  in  the  field  will  be  per- 
formed by  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps,  who  will  be  enlisted  for,  and 
permanently  attached  to,  the  Medical  Department.  In  time  of  war,  the 
corps  will  perform  the  necessary  ambulance  service  under  such  officers  of 
the  Medical  Department  and  assistants  as  may  be  detailed  for  that  duty. 

1397.  No  person  will  be  appointed  a  hospital  steward  until  he  has  served 
a  year  as  acting  hospital  steward ;  nor  will  a  steward  be  appointed  nor  an 
acting  steward  be  detailed  until  he  has  passed  a  satisfactory  examination, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Surgeon-General.  Privates  who  have  served  one 
year  in  the  Hospital  Corps,  and  graduates  in  pharmacy  who  have  served 
six  months  and  have  shown  particular  fitness,  may  be  recommended  to  the 
Surgeon-General  for  promotion  by  the  senior  medical  officer  of  the  com- 
mand. From  those  thus  recommended  acting  stewards  will  be  detailed, 
after  passing  the  required  examination.  These  examinations  will  be  con- 
ducted by  a  board  composed  of  the  medical  officers  of  the  station  at  which 
the  applicant  may  be  serving,  and  if  no  medical  officer  is  there  on  duty, 
the  candidate  will  be  sent  for  examination  to  the  nearest  station  provided 
with  such  an  officer.  The  report  of  the  board  will  be  forwarded  direct  to 
the  Surgeon- General. 

1398.  A  hospital  steward  may  be  re-enlisted  at  the  expiration  of  his  term 
of  service  on  the  authority  of  the  Surgeon-General,  provided  he  has  passed 
successfully  the  prescribed  examination.  If  he  desire  to  re-enlist  he  will 
report  the  fact,  in  writing,  through  military  channels,  to  the  Surgeon- Gen- 
eral, sixty  days  before  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service. 

1399.  Enlistments  and  re-enlistments  for  the  Hospital  Corps  will  be 
made,  as  a  rule,  by  medical  officers.  Recruiting  officers  stationed  where  there 
is  no  medical  examiner  may  make  such  enlistments  or  re-enlistments  upon 
the  authority  of  the  Surgeon-General.  In  such  cases  the  recruiting  officer 
in  making  the  physical  examination  will  be  guided  by  instructions  from  the 
Surgeon-General.  Applicants  may  be  accepted  who  are  sub j  ect  to  refractive 
errors  of  vision,  provided  these  errors  are  not  excessive,  may  be  entirely  cor- 
rected by  glasses,  and  are  not  progressive  or  accompanied  by  ocular  disease. 
Every  private  thus  enlisted  from  civil  life  will  be  sent  to  the  nearest  mili- 
tary post  for  medical  examination.  Should  the  recruit  pass  this  examina- 
tion satisfactorily  he  will  be  forwarded  to  a  company  of  instruction  at  such 
post  as  may  be  designated  by  the  War  Department ;  transportation  required 
will  be  obtained  from  a  quartermaster. 


198  HOSPITAL    CORPS. 

1400.  Enlistment  papers  will  be  executed  in  duplicate.  In  the  cases 
of  privates  enlisted  from  civil  life  at  a  station  where  there  is  no  medical 
examiner  and  sent  to  the  nearest  post  for  medical  examination,  the  enlist- 
ment papers,  with  the  form  for  physical  examination,  will  be  sent  to  the 
surgeon  of  the  post,  by  whom  they  vdll  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  Surgeon- 
General.  The  enlistment  papers  of  all  other  members  of  the  corps  will  be 
forwarded,  with  the  form  for  physical  examination,  direct  to  the  Surgeon- 
General,  who  will  render  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  a  monthly 
recruiting  return  accompanied  by  one  of  each  set  of  enlistment  papers. 

1401.  A  hospital  steward,  stationed  at  a  place  where  no  post  retuj-n  is 
made,  will  make  such  personal  reports  as  the  Surgeon-General  may  direct. 

1402.  Hospital  stewards,  though  liable  to  discharge,  will  not  be  reduced. 
The  detail  of  an  acting  steward  may  be  revoked  by  the  post  commander 
upon  the  recommendation  of  the  surgeon  or  by  sentence  of  a  court- 
martial. 

1403.  Enlisted  men  who  have  served  one  year  in  the  line  may  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  Hospital  Corps  as  privates.  Musicians  are  not  eligible.  Selec- 
tion will  be  made  upon  the  application  of  the  post  surgeon,  approved  by  the 
post  commander,  stating  age  of  the  soldier,  and  if  over  40  years  his  special 
qualifications,  character,  physical  condition,  and  habits,  whether  for  existing 
or  prospective  vacancy,  and  the  date  of  expiration  of  current  enlistment. 

1404.  Married  men  will  not  be  enlisted  as  privates  in  or  transferred  to 
the  corps,  and  no  acting  steward  who  is  married  shall  be  re-enlisted  without 
special  authority. 

1405.  Members  of  the  corps  will  not  be  required  to  perform  any  military 
duties  other  than  those  pertaining  to  their  corps.  They  will  be  instructed 
in  such  drills,  both  foot  and  mounted,  as  are  necessary  for  their  efficiency. 
They  will  not  be  required  to  attend  ceremonies,  except  when  directed  by  the 
commanding  officer,  and  will  be  inspected  and  mustered  at  the  hospital. 
The  forms  of  inspection  will  be  in  accordance  with  the  prescribed  manual. 

1406.  To  meet  the  requirements  of  epidemics  or  other  emergencies  and 
to  fill  vacancies,  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps  may  be  transferred  by  the 
department  commander,  the  quota  of  each  post,  as  prescribed  by  paragraphs 
1409  and  1410,  not  being  permanently  exceeded.  Such  transfers  will  be 
reported  to  the  Surgeon-General. 

140'7.  Accounts  of  pay  and  clothing  of  members  of  the  corps  will  be 
kept  by  the  surgeons  under  whose  immediate  direction  they  are  serving. 

140S.  The  surgeon  of  each  post  will,  on  the  last  day  of  every  month, 
make  a  return  of  the  Hospital  Corps  and  means  of  transportation  on  the 
prescribed  form  in  duplicate,  sending  one  copy  to  the  Surgeon- General 
direct  and  the  other  to  the  chief  surgeon  of  the  department. 

1409.  At  every  post  there  will  be  one  hospital  steward,  two  if  the  garri- 
son equals  six  companies,  and  an  additional  one  for  every  additional  six  com- 
panies. At  every  post  of  two  companies  there  will  also  be  an  acting  steward, 
if  practicable. 

1410.  There  will  be  three  privates  of  the  Hospital  Corps  at  every  mili- 
tary post,  four  if  the  garrison  consists  of  two  companies,  and  an  additional 
private  for  each  additional  two  companies.  They  will  be  assigned  to  the 
respective  duties  connected  with  the  hospital  service  by  the  surgeon  of  the 
post. 


COMPANY   BEARERS AMBULANCES.  199 

141 1.  The  number  of  stewards  and  privates  of  the  Hospital  Corps  to  be 
stationed  at  arsenals,  engineer  stations,  and  independent  posts  will  be  deter- 
mined by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

COMPANY  BEARERS. 

1412.  There  will  be  in  each  company  four  privates  designated  for  instruc- 
tion as  litter  bearers.  They  will  be  selected  by  company  commanders,  with 
the  concurrence  of  the  surgeon.  They  should  be  of  good  character  and  suf- 
ficient intelligence  to  make  them  eligible  for  transfer  to  the  corps,  and  will 
be  known  as  "  company  bearers." 

1413.  Company  bearers,  together  with  all  available  men  of  the  Hospital 
Corps,  will  be  instructed  under  the  supervision  of  the  surgeon  of  the  post  for 
at  least  four  hours  in  each  month,  and  at  such  times  as  the  post  commander 
may  appoint,  in  the  duties  of  litter  bearers  and  the  methods  of  rendering 
first  aid  to  the  sick  and  wounded.  This  special  instruction  will  not  relieve 
them  from  the  performance  of  their  regular  military  duties.  They  should 
be  instructed  primarily,  and  by  object  lessons  as  far  as  practicable,  in  first 
aid.  During  an  engagement  or  in  an  emergency  the  company  bearers  may 
be  directed  by  their  immediate  commanding  officers  to  fall  out  and  give  first 
aid  to  the  wounded,  or  carry  them  to  the  rear  until  relieved  by  members  of 
the  Hospital  Corps,  and  when  so  relieved  they  will  immediately  join  their 
companies.  Company  bearers  on  drill  as  such  and  in  campaigns  will  wear 
a  red  brassard  around  the  left  arm. 

,  AMBULANCES  AND  LITTERS. 

1414.  One  regulation  ambulance  with  proper  harness  will  be  issued  to 
each  post.  To  posts  of  more  than  200  men,  the  number  to  be  issued  will  be 
one  additional  ambulance  for  each  additional  200  men  or  major  fraction 
thereof. 

1415.  The  ambulance  will  not  be  used  except  for  transportation  of  the 
sick  and  wounded,  the  recreation  of  convalescent  patients,  or  to  give 
instruction  in  the  duties  of  the  ambulance  service.  They  will  be  furnished 
and  repaired  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  will  always  be  subject  to 
the  call  of  the  surgeon,  and,  when  practicable,  will  be  housed  near  the 
hospital. 

1416.  At  each  post  one  of  the  privates  of  the  corps  will  be  designated  by 
the  surgeon  as  ambulance  driver.  In  addition  to  his  other  duties,  he  will 
care  for  the  ambulance,  its  equipment  and  harness,  and  see  that  they  are 
always  in  readiness  for  immediate  use.  In  the  field  he  will  care  for  the 
animals.  When  it  is  necessary  to  use  the  ambulance  for  any  transporta- 
tion purposes,  the  commanding  officer,  on  the  application  of  the  surgeon, 
will  see  that  the  requisite  animals  are  provided  by  the  quartermaster  and 
placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  surgeon. 

1417.  At  posts  each  company  will  be  furnished  with  one  hand  litter, 
which  will  be  kept  ready  at  all  times  for  use  by  the  company  bearers.  They 
will  be  supplied  and  repaired  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

14  IS.  Travois  and  mule  litters  may  be  issued  upon  the  recommendation 
of  the  chief  surgeon. 

1419.  Commanding  officers  will  inspect  ambulances,  litters,  and  other 
appliances  for  transporting  the  wounded  at  each  monthly  inspection,  and 
see  that  they  are  completely  equipped.  When  practicable,  the  ambulance 
fully  equipped  for  service  will  be  presented  for  inspection,  with  the  animals 
attached. 


200  FIELD    SERVICE HOSPITALS. 

FIELD   SERVICE. 

1430.  In  field  service,  troops  will  be  accompanied  by  such  number  of 
men  of  the  Hospital  Corps  as  may  be  determined  by  the  post  commander, 
on  the  recommendation  of  the  surgeon. 

1421.  On  the  march  or  in  battle  each  medical  officer  will  habitually  be 
attended  by  a  mounted  private  of  the  Hospital  Corps.  Hospital  stewards, 
acting  stewards,  and  at  least  one  private  of  the  corps  in  each  separate  com- 
mand will  be  mounted  when  serving  in  the  field,  and  all  privates  of  the 
corps  will  be  mounted  when  serving  with  mounted  commands.  Horses  will 
be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  members  of  the  corps 
on  duty  in  the^eld,  when  practicable.  When  no  horses  are  available  special 
application  for  authority  to  hire  must  be  made. 

1422.  Ambulances  will  be  used  for  the  transportation  of  the  sick  and 
wounded,  the  instruction  of  the  Hospital  Corps  and  company  bearers,  and, 
in  urgent  cases,  for  the  transportation  of  medical  supplies,  and  all  persons 
are  prohibited  from  using  them,  or  requiring  or  permitting  them  to  be  used, 
for  any  other  purpose.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officers  of  the  ambulance 
service  to  report  to  the  commander  of  the  troops  any  violation  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  paragraph. 

1423.  No  person,  except  the  proper  medical  officers  or  the  officers,  non- 
commissioned officers,  and  privates  of  the  ambulance  service,  or  such  per- 
sons as  may  be  specially  assigned  by  competant  military  authority  to  duty 
therewith,  will  be  permitted  to  take  or  accompany  sick  or  wounded  men  to 
the  rear,  either  on  the  march  or  upon  the  field  of  battle. 

HOSPITAL  BUILDINGS. 

1424.  A  building  will  not  be  erected  for  nor  occupied  as  a  hospital  until 
the  opinion  of  a  medical  officer  has  been  obtained  in  writing  upon  the  suit- 
ableness of  site  and  proposed  arrangement.  If  the  commanding  officer  dis- 
sent from  this  opinion  he  will  return  it  to  the  surgeon  of  the  post  with  his 
reasons  indorsed  thereon. 

1425.  Hospitals  will  be  erected  at  permanent  posts  in  accordance  with 
plans  and  specifications  furnished  by  the  Surgeon-General,  approved  by  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

1426.  When  alterations  of  or  additions  to  hospitals  are  necessary,  the 
surgeon  of  the  post,  after  obtaining  from  the  quartermaster  an  estimate  of 
cost,  will  transmit  plans  and  specifications,  with  proposed  modifications, 
through  military  channels  to  the  Secretary  of  War.  Similar  action  will 
be  taken  upon  quarters  for  hospital  stewards. 

142'7.  When  hospitals  or  hospital  stewards'  quarters  are  erected  or 
repaired,  the  officer  conducting  the  work  will  consult  the  surgeon  of  the 
post,  who  will  inspect  the  work  during  its  progress,  and  when  a  building  is 
ready  for  occupancy  the  surgeon  will  report  as  to  its  merits  to  the  Surgeon- 
General  through  the  regular  channel,  and  furnish  a  copy  of  the  report  to 
the  constructing  officer. 

1428.  The  surgeon,  after  obtaining  from  the  quartermaster  necessary 
data  as  to  the  amount  of  labor,  quantity  of  material,  and  cost,  will  forward 
as  soon  as  practicable  after  March  1  of  each  year,  through  military  chan- 
nels, to  the  Secretary  of  War,  an  estimate  of  repairs,  alterations,  or  addi- 


HOSPITALS.  201 

tions  needed  on  hospital  and  hospital  stewards'  quarters  during  the  next 
fiscal  year,  with  plans  of  the  same,  stating  the  condition  of  the  buildings 
and  necessity  for  repairs.  The  surgeon  of  the  post  will  prepare  and  sign 
estimates  for  hospital  construction  and  repairs,  one  copy  of  which  is  required 
by  the  Surgeon-General.  The  number  required  at  department  headquarters 
is  fixed  by  the  department  commander.  When  work  is  completed,  the 
medical  officer  will  report  to  the  Surgeon-General  whether  it  was  performed 
according  to  the  estimate,  and  the  material  and  balance  of  allotment  remain- 
ing. Approved  plans  or  estimates  for  construction  or  repair  will  be  altered 
only  by  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1429.  The  Surgeon-General  will  furnish  to  the  Quartermaster-General, 
in  sufficient  time  for  his  annual  estimates,  a  statement  showing  the  hospital 
repairs  which  will  be  needed  during  the  ensuing  year,  with  estimated  cost 
of  the  same. 

1430.  No  portion  of  any  hospital  building  will  be  used  or  occupied  as 
quarters,  nor  will  any  mess  be  permitted  or  maintained  therein  except  such 
as  may  be  necessary  for  patients  and  enlisted  men  there  on  duty. 

SICK  CALL. 

1431.  At  sick  call  the  enlisted  men  of  each  company  who  require  medi- 
cal attention  will  be  conducted  to  the  hospital  by  a  noncommissioned  officer, 
who  will  give  to  the  attending  surgeon  the  Company  Sick  Report  Book  con- 
taining the  names  of  the  sick.  The  surgeon,  after  examination,  will  indicate 
in  the  book,  opposite  their  names,  the  men  who  are  to  be  admitted  to  hospital 
and  those  to  be  returned  to  quarters,  what  duties  the  latter  can  perform, 
with  any  other  information  in  regard  to  the  sick  which  he  may  have  to  com- 
municate to  the  company  commander. 

1432.  Medical  officers  will  furnish  company  commanders  any  informa- 
tion, except  the  diagnosis,  which  will  assist  them  in  determining,  for  entry 
on  the  muster  rolls,  whether  or  not  the  disability  of  a  soldier  who  is  or  has 
been  on  sick  report  originated  in  the  line  of  duty,  entering  this  information 
in  the  Company  Sick  Report  Book.  When  required  they  will  furnish  the 
diagnosis  to  the  commanding  officer. 

GENERAL   HOSPITALS. 

1433.  General  hospitals  will  be  under  the  exclusive  control  of  the 
Surgeon-General  and  will  be  governed  by  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary 
of  War  may  prescribe.  The  surgeon  in  charge  will  command  the  same  and 
will  not  be  subject  to  the  orders  of  local  commanders  other  than  those  of 
territorial  departments. 

1434.  Hospital  transports,  boats,  and  railway  trains,  after  being  prop- 
erly assigned  as  such,  will  be  exclusively  under  the  control  of  the  Medical 
Department,  and  will  not  be  diverted  from  their  special  purposes  by  orders 
of  local  or  department  commanders  or  officers  of  other  staff  corps. 

SERVICE   OF   HOSPITALS. 

1435.  The  senior  surgeon  is  charged  with  the  management  and  is  respon- 
sible for  the  condition  of  the  post  hospital,  which  will  be  at  all  times  sub- 
ject to  inspection  by  the  commanding  officer.  The  surgeon  of  the  post  will 
inspect  the  hospital  every  morning,  and  on  Saturday  will  also  inspect  the 
detachment  of  the  Hospital  Corps. 


202  HOSPITALS. 

1436.  The  surgeon  of  the  post  will  assign  his  assistants  and  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Hospital  Corps  to  duty,  and  report  them  on  the  muster  rolls  in  the 
capacity  in  which  they  are  serving.  With  the  approval  of  the  commanding^ 
officer  he  will  also  appoint  the  matrons. 

1437.  Hospital  matrons  will  be  allowed  as  follows :  At  general  hospitals, 
one  matron  to  twenty  patients  or  major  fraction  thereof ;  at  hospitals  at 
posts  and  arsenals,  a  number  fixed  by  the  Surgeon-General. 

1438.  Patients  will,  if  possible,  leave  their  arms  and  accoutrements  with 
their  companies.     In  no  event  shall  ammunition  be  taken  into  the  hospital. 

1439.  When  a  soldier  in  hospital  is  detached  from  his  company,  his  com- 
pany commander  will  send  to  the  hospital  his  descriptive  list.  The  surgeon 
in  charge  will  enter  thereon  all  payments,  stoppages,  and  the  money  value 
of  all  clothing  issued,  and  when  the  soldier  leaves  the  hospital  will  return 
the  list  to  the  company  commander.  If  the  soldier  is  discharged  from  the 
service  while  in  hospital,  the  surgeon  will  furnish  him  with  final  statements 
and  notify  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  and  the  company  commander 
of  the  date,  place,  and  cause  of  discharge.  If  the  soldier  die  in  hospital 
the  surgeon  will  take  charge  of  his  effects  and  make  the  reports  required  in 
paragraph  158. 

1440.  Sick  or  wounded  soldiers,  discharged  while  in  hospital,  will  be 
entitled  to  medical  treatment  in  hospital,  and  to  the  usual  ration  during 
disability,  or  for  the  period  considered  proper  for  them  to  remain  under 
treatment,  but  a  discharged  soldier  who  has  left  the  hospital  will  not  be 
readmitted  except  upon  the  written  order  of  the  commanding  officer. 

1441.  Tents,  clothing,  hospital  furniture,  and  other  stores  used  in  the 
treatment  of  contagious  diseases,  will  be  disinfected  or  burned  under  the 
supervision  of  a  medical  officer. 

1412.  The  Secretary  of  War  may,  on  the  recommendation  of  the  Surgeon- 
General,  order  gratuitous  issues  of  clothing  to  soldiers  who  have  had  con- 
tagious diseases,  and  to  hospital  attendants  who  have  nursed  them,  to  replace 
articles  destroyed  by  order  of  the  proper  medical  officer  to  prevent  contagion, 

1443.  Medical  officers  in  charge  of  hospital  property  will  not  permit  it 
to  be  used  for  other  than  hospital  purposes. 

1444.  Civilian  employees  at  military  posts  may  purchase  the  medical 
supplies  prescribed  for  them  by  a  medical  officer,  at  cost  price  with  10  per 
cent,  added.  Medical  officers  who  dispense  medical  supplies  to  civilian 
employees  will  render  direct  to  the  Surgeon-General,  on  the  first  day  of 
every  month,  detailed  accounts  in  duplicate,  giving  the  name  of  each 
employee,  the  kind  and  quantity  of  medical  supplies  furnished  him,  and 
by  whom  prescribed,  during  the  preceding  month,  leaving  a  space  between 
items  for  the  insertion  of  the  price,  which  will  be  fixed  at  the  Surgeon- Gen- 
eral's Office.  One  copy  will  be  returned  to  the  officer  furnishing  the  sup- 
plies, and  the  amounts  inserted  will  be  collected  by  the  officer  accountable 
for  them,  and  be  disposed  of  in  the  same  manner  as  proceeds  of  other  sales 
of  medical  property.  At  isolated  posts  where  issues  to  civilians  become 
necessary  to  save  life  or  prevent  extreme  suffering,  medical  officers  will 
make  such  issues,  and  at  the  end  of  each  month  report  the  circumstances 
to  the  Surgeon-General.  Original  prescriptions  will  be  retained  as  a  part 
of  the  hospital  records,  and  will  be  subject  to  examination  at  all  times  by 
inspectors  and  post  commanders. 


HOSPITALS MEDICAL    ATTENDANCE.  203 

1445.  A  civilian  employee  on  duty  at  a  station  where  other  than  Army 
medical  attendance  can  not  be  procured,  is  entitled,  when  necessary,  to 
admission  to  hospital. 

1446.  Civilians  not  in  public  service  will  be  admitted  to  hospital  only  in 
cases  of  extreme  necessity,  and  by  permission  of  the  commanding  officer  on 
written  application  of  the  surgeon.  Rations  will  not  be  issued  to  them  by 
the  commissary,  but  their  food  will  be  purchased  from  the  hospital  fund, 
and  the  surgeon  may  remit  all  charges  in  cases  of  destitution. 

1447.  Hospital  charges  will  be  as  follows :  For  subsistence  of  a  retired 
enlisted  man,  25  cents  per  day ;  for  nursing,  medicines,  and  subsistence  of  a 
civilian  employee,  50  cents  per  day  ;  for  officers  of  the  Army,  seamen  and 
river  boatmen  (admitted  only  on  permit  issued  by  a  medical  officer  of  the 
Marine-Hospital  Service  or  a  customs  officer) ,  and  civilians  admitted  as  pro- 
vided in  the  preceding  paragraph,  $1  per  day.  The  money  received  will  be 
accounted  for  with  the  hospital  fund. 

1448.  The  surgeon  of  the  post  will  keep,  account  for,  and  expend  the 
hospital  fund  according  to  the  instructions  of  the  Surgeon-General,  exclu- 
sively for  the  benefit  of  the  sick  in  hospital  and  the  enlisted  men  of  the 
Hospital  Corps  serving  therein. 

1449.  Medical  and  official  publications  furnished  from  the  Surgeon- 
General's  Office  to  surgeons  in  charge  of  hospitals  will  be  properly  filed  and 
preserved  in  the  hospital  library.  The  expense  of  binding  these  publica- 
tions and  those  issued  to  chief  surgeons  will  be  defrayed  by  the  Medical 
Department,  and  they  will  be  transported  to  and  from  the  medical  supply 
depots  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

MEDICAL  ATTENDANCE. 

1450.  Medical  officers  on  duty  will  attend  officers  and  enlisted  men,  and, 
when  practicable,  their  families ;  and  at  stations,  or  in  the  field,  where  other 
medical  attendance  can  not  be  procured,  civilian  employees.  Medicines 
will  be  dispensed  to  all  persons  entitled  to  medical  attendance,  and  hos- 
pital stores  to  enlisted  men  and  hospital  matrons,  also  to  officers  at  posts  or 
stations  where  they  can  not  be  procured  by  purchase. 

1451.  Medical  officers  at  their  stations  will  furnish  medical  attendance 
to  officers  and  enlisted  men  on  the  retired  list,  but  they  will  not  be  required 
to  leave  their  stations  for  that  purpose.  Medicines,  dressings,  etc.,  will  be 
supplied  to  retired  officers  and  enli&ted  men  from  army  dispensaries  on 
medical  officers'  prescriptions. 

1453.  When  medical  attendance  is  required  by  an  officer  or  enlisted 
man  on  duty,  and  the  attendance  of  a  medical  officer  can  not  be  had,  the 
officer,  or  if  there  be  no  officer  present,  then  the  enlisted  man,  may  employ 
a  civilian  physician,  and  a  just  account  for  his  services  and  the  necessary 
medicines  \vill  be  paid  by  the  Medical  Department.  The  accounts  for  each 
fiscal  year  will  be  rendered  separately,  and,  if  for  continuous  service,  for- 
warded monthly.  Accounts  for  temporary  service  will  be  forwarded 
promptly  upon  termination  thereof. 

145^.  Accounts  for  medical  attendance  will  set  forth  the  full  name  and 
address  of  the  physician,  the  full  name,  rank,  comi)any,  and  regiment  or 


204  MEDICAL    ATTENDANCE. 

corps  of  patient,  date  of  and  charge  for  each  visit,  charge  for  medicines, 
and  particular  disease  or  injury  treated.  The  physician  will  certify  that 
the  account  is  correct  and  just,  and  that  the  charges  do  not  exceed  the 
customary  charges  in  the  vicinity.  The  officer  will  certify,  or  the  enlisted 
man  make  oath,  to  the  correctness  of  the  account,  stating  that  he  was  on  duty 
at  the  time  and  place  specified,  and  why  it  was  impossible  to  secure  the  serv- 
ices of  an  Army  surgeon.  When  medicines  are  furnished  by  a  druggist  and 
charged  for  by  the  physician,  the  original  prescription  must  be  furnished, 
and  the  receipt  of  the  druggist  to  the  physician  will  accompany  the  account. 

1454.  Accounts  for  medicines  will  be  accompanied  by  the  original  pre- 
scriptions, and  must  be  for  medicines  properly  so  called  only.  When  such 
an  account  is  presented  for  payment  the  druggist  will  furnish  the  following 
certificate :  "  I  certify  that  the  above  account  is  a  just  and  correct  statement 

of  medicines  furnished  by  me  at ,  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the 

United  States  Army,  on  the  prescriptions  herewith  submitted;  that  said 
medicines  were  actually  furnished  on  said  prescriptions  to  said  officers  and 
enlisted  men,  respectively,  at  the  dates  set  forth  in  said  account,  and  that 
the  prices  charged  are  not  in  excess  of  those  prevailing  at  said  place." 

1455.  The  officer  under  whose  authority  the  prescriptions  are  filled  will 
certify  the  account  as  follows  :  "  I  certify  that  the  foregoing  account  is  cor- 
rect ;  that  the  officers  and  enlisted  men  therein  mentioned  were  actually  on 

duty  at when  the  medicine  was  furnished  for  them  as  stated  therein, 

and  that  such  medicines  could  not  then  have  been  procured  at  an  Army  dis- 
pensary in  or  near  said  place."  The  account  must  set  forth  the  full  name 
of  each  officer  and  enlisted  man,  his  rank,  the  command  to  which  he 
belongs,  and  the  number,  date,  and  price  of  each  prescription.  If  there  was 
an  Army  dispensary  in  or  near  the  place,  but  the  medicines  were  procured 
elsewhere  because  it  was  closed  when  they  were  required,  or  if  they  could 
not  be  there  procured  for  some  other  sufficient  reason,  a  statement  of  the 
facts  supposed  to  justify  the  purchase  will  be  added  at  the  end  of  the  offi- 
cer's certificate. 

14fl6.  When  the  charge  for  attendance  is  against  an  officer,  he  will  pay 
the  account,  if  practicable,  and  transmit  it,  properly  receipted,  to  the 
Surgeon-General  for  reimbursement ;  if  the  officer  has  paid  it,  the  fact  must 
be  plainly  stated  in  both  his  and  the  physician's  certificates.  If  against  a 
deceased  officer  or  enlisted  man,  the  physician  will  certify  as  required  in 
paragraph  1453,  and  that  he  has  not  received  the  sum  expressed  nor  any  por- 
tion thereof.  Accounts  for  consultation,  for  medical  attendance  and  medi- 
cines for  officers  and  enlisted  men  not  on  duty,  and  for  families  and  servants 
of  officers  and  enlisted  men  will  not  be  paid.  Treatment  of  chronic  com- 
plaints by  a  specialist  will  not  be  paid  for,  unless  authority  to  employ  such 
specialist  has  been  obtained  from  the  Surgeon-General.  Accounts  for  hos- 
pital stores  and  necessary  surgical  appliances  will  be  paid  only  for  enlisted 
men.  Accounts  for  mineral  waters  or  proprietary  medicines  will  not  be 
paid. 

1457.  Accounts  for  board,  lodging,  nursing  and  medical  attendance  of 
sick  soldiers  in  private  hospitals  will  be  sent  to  the  Surgeon-General  for  set- 
tlement, the  Medical  Department  to  be  reimbursed  by  the  Subsistence 
Department  for  that  part  paid  for  board. 


MEDICAL    ATTENDANCE SUPPLIES.  205 

145 S.  The  charge  of  a  civilian  physician  for  examination  of  a  re-enlisted 
soldier  or  an  accepted  recruit  will  be  included  in  his  account  for  medical 
attendance  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  $1  for  each.  In  preparing  accounts  for 
medical  examination  of  or  medical  attendance  and  medicines  furnished  to 
recruits  assigned  or  unassigned,  the  date  of  enlistment  will  be  stated  in  each 
case.  The  sick  at  recruiting  stations,  excepting  those  with  trivial  disabili- 
ties, or  severe  injuries  which  render  their  removal  impracticable,  will  be  sent 
by  the  recruiting  officer  for  treatment  to  the  nearest  military  hospital. 
Accounts  pertaining  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  on  duty  with  recruiting 
parties  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Surgeon-General  through  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army. 

1459.  The  following  rates  of  charges  for  ordinary  medical  attendance 
by  civilian  physicians  will  not  be  exceeded,  and  if  the  local  charge  per  visit 
is  less,  the  account  will  be  rendered  at  the  local  rates :  For  attending  sick 
call,  five  men  or  less,  $2.50 ;  for  each  man  attending  at  sick  call  in  excess  of 
five,  50  cents;  for  additional  visit  or  sick  call  on  same  day,  when  necessary, 
$2.00.  In  making  arrangements  with  physicians  for  medical  attendance 
upon  garrisoned  posts  or  large  detachments  it  should  be  understood  that, 
while  the  rates  above  specified  are  not  to  be  exceeded  (unless  in  exceptional 
cases),  it  does  not  follow  that  this  schedule  of  rates  is  necessarily  to  govern 
in  cases  where  there  is  a  large  sick  report.  Where  the  service  is  for  several 
days  or  for  an  extended  period,  the  rate  of  payment  for  such  service  should 
not  exceed  $125  per  month.  Accounts  of  physicians  not  under  contract 
for  service  at  military  posts  will  be  forwarded  in  duplicate  to  the  chief 
surgeon.  Accounts  for  service  at  independent  posts  and  stations  will  be 
forwarded  direct  to  the  Surgeon-General. 

MEDICAL  SUPPLIES. 

1460.  Purchase  of  medical  supplies  will  be  made  in  pursuance  of  law, 

under  the  direction  of  the  Surgeon-General. 

1461.  Weights  and  measures  given  in  the  supply  table  will  be  in  accord- 
ance with  the  metric  system,  and  all  prescriptions,  invoices,  receipts,  issues, 
and  returns  of  medical  supplies  will  be  made  in  conformity  therewith. 
Articles  not  on  the  supply  table  will  be  issued  only  by  special  authority  of 
the  Surgeon-General. 

146'i.  The  routine  issue  of  disinfectants  is  prohibited. 

1463.  Damaged  or  unserviceable  medicines,  medical  books,  surgical  or 
scientific  instruments  and  appliances,  pertaining  to  the  Medical  Department, 
will  not  be  presented  to  an  inspector  for  condemnation  until  authority  for 
so  doing  has  been  obtained  from  the  Surgeon- General. 

REPORTS   AND   RETURNS. 

1464.  Each  chief  surgeon  vdll  make  to  the  Surgeon-General  on  the 
last  day  of  every  month  a  return  of  medical  officers  and  physicians  under 
contract. 

1465  When  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  chief  surgeons  will 
visit  such  posts  within  their  departments  as  may  be  designated,  and  will 
investigate  and  report  to  the  Surgeon-General  concerning  the  sanitary  con- 
dition of  the  posts,  their  medical  and  hospital  supplies,  and  the  discipline 
and  efficiency  of  their  medical  service. 


206  ARTIFICIAL   LIMBS. 

1466.  Within  two  days  after  every  action,  the  surgeon  on  duty  with 
a  regiment  or  detachment  participating  will  forward  through  military 
channels  to  the  chief  surgeon  a  list  of  wounded  in  duplicate.  The  chief 
surgeon  will  immediately  forward  one  copy  to  the  Surgeon-General  and 
retain  the  other  to  accompany  his  report  to  the  commanding  general. 

ARTIFICIAL  LIMBS. 

1467.  Every  officer,  enlisted  man,  or  employee  of  the  military  forces  of 
the  United  States  who,  in  the  line  of  duty  or  through  disease  contracted  in 
service,  shall  have  lost  a  limb  or  the  use  of  a  limb  will  receive  once  every 
three  years  an  artificial  limb  or  appliance,  or  commutation  therefor  if  he 
shall  so  elect,  under  such  regulations  as  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  Army 
shall  prescribe.  The  money  value  allowed  as  commutation  is,  for  a  leg, 
$75  ;  for  an  arm,  foot,  and  apparatus  for  resection,  $50. 

146S.  Necessary  transportation,  including  sleeping  car  accommodations, 
required  for  travel  to  place  where  artificial  limbs  may  be  fitted,  will  be  fur- 
nished by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  the  cost  to  be  refunded  from 
any  money  appropriated  for  the  purchase  of  artificial  limbs. 

1469.  An  officer  who-  pays  an  account  for  transportation  of  persons  to 
enable  them  to  procure  artificial  limbs  will,  as  soon  as  payment  is  made, 
forward  the  original  account  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  with  a  letter  of 
transmittal,  in  which  he  will  state  that  the  account  is  forwarded  under  the 
provisions  of  this  paragraph  that  it  may  be  referred  to  the  Surgeon-General 
for  repayment  to  the  Quartemaster's  Department.  The  paying  officer  will 
take  credit  for  the  amount  paid  on  his  accounts  for  the  month,  and  will 
note  thereon  the  fact  that  the  account  was  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster- 
General,  on  a  specified  date,  for  the  purpose  aforesaid. 

1470.  The  Quartermaster-General,  if  he  finds  the  account  correct,  will 
forward  it  to  the  Surgeon-General  with  request  that  the  amount  be  paid  to 
the  depot  quartermaster,  Washington,  D.  C,  and  the  Surgeon-General  will 
cause  the  amount  to  be  paid  from  the  appropriation  for  artificial  limbs. 
The  depot  quartermaster  will  deposit  the  money  in  the  Treasury  to  the  credit 
of  the  appropriation  for  Army  transportation,  and  in  his  account  current 
will  state  from  whom  the  money  was  received,  and  that  it  was  a  refundment 
to  the  Quartermaster's  Department  from  the  appropriation  for  artificial 

limbs,  of  a  sum  paid  by ,  quartermaster,  U.  S.  A.,  on  voucher 

No. ,  for ,  18—,  for  the  transportation  of  a  person  en  route  to  pro- 
cure an  artificial  limb.  He  will  also  immediately'-  notify  the  Auditor  for  the 
Interior  Department  of  the  receipt  of  the  money  (stating  amount,  and  from 
whom  and  when  received,  and  for  what  purpose) ,  and  where  he  has  depos- 
ited the  same,  and  that  he  will  account  for  it  in  his  account  current  for  the 
month  of , . 

1471.  On  referring  an  account  to  the  Surgeon-General  for  refundment, 
the  Quartermaster-General  will  notify  the  depot  quartermaster  of  his  action, 
giving  the  name  of  the  quartermaster  who  made  the  payment,  date  and 
number  of  the  voucher  on  which  payment  was  made,  and  amount  paid.  He 
will  state  that  the  payment  was  for  the  transportation  of  a  person  en  route 
to  procure  an  artificial  limb. 


CORPS   OF    ENGINEERS.  207 


ARTICLE   LXXXII. 

Corps  of  Engineers. 

Note.— Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  prepared  and  pub- 
lished under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the 
Chief  of  Engineers.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  nature 
or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

1472.  The  duties  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  comprise  reconnoitering  and 
surveying  for  military  purposes  ;  selection  of  sites  and  formation  of  plans 
and  estimates  for  military  defenses :  construction  and  repair  of  fortifica- 
tions and  their  accessories ;  planning  and  superintending  of  defensive  or 
offensive  works  of  troops  in  the  field  ;  examination  of  routes  of  communica- 
tions for  supplies,  and  for  military  movements  and  construction  of  military 
roads  and  bridges  :  execution  of  river  and  harbor  improvements  assigned  to 
it,  and  such  other  duties  as  the  President  may  order.  It  collects,  arranges, 
and  preserves  all  correspondence,  reports,  memoirs,  estimates,  plans,  draw- 
ings, deeds,  and  titles  relating  to  the  Washington  Aqueduct  and  public 
buildings  and  grounds  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  models  which  con- 
cern or  relate  in  any  wise  to  the  several  duties  above  enumerated. 

1473.  The  Chief  of  Engineers  will  have  his  headquarters  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  and  will  be  charged,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
with  the  command  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  and  the  management  of  the 
Engineer  Department  as  well  as  the  regulation  of  the  duties  of  all  officers, 
agents,  and  others  who  may  be  employed  under  his  direction. 

14*74.  When  officers  or  troops  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  are  detached 
from  the  command  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  they  will  continue  to  conform 
to  the  regulations  of  the  Engineer  Department  in  regard  to  the  keeping  of 
records  and  rendering  of  reports  and  accounts. 

1475.  Engineer  officers  and  troops  on  special  service  under  the  immediate 
orders  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  will  not  be  diverted  from  such  service, 
except  in  cases  of  marked  public  exigencies,  and,  when  so  diverted,  the  officer 
of  the  corps  will  immediately  report  the  same  to  the  Chief  of  Engineers, 
transmitting  a  copy  of  the  orders  he  may  have  received.  The  officer  issuing 
the  order  will  transmit  a  copy  direct  to  the  War  Department.  Upon  the 
termination  of  the  exigency,  such  officers  or  troops  will  be  returned  to  such 
special  service,  unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  Chief  of  Engineers. 

1476.  Every  organization  or  detachment  of  engineer  troops  will  be  enti- 
tled to  the  same  provisions,  allowances,  and  benefits,  in  every  respect,  as  are 
allowed  by  law  or  regulations  to  other  troops  of  the  military  establishment. 

1477.  The  commander  of  the  engineers  serving  with  an  army  in  the  field 
will  be  attached  to  general  headquarters. 

1478.  The  senior  officer  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  serving  with  an  army 
corps,  a  division,  a  brigade,  or  smaller  body,  will  communicate  to  the  com- 
mander thereof  any  orders  he  may  receive  from  any  superior  in  his  own 
corps. 

1479.  An  engineer  directed  to  superintend  any  works  to  be  constructed 
by  troops  will  point  out  what  is  to  be  done,  and  will  maintain  such  a  super- 
vision as  will  enable  him  to  see  that  it  is  done  correctly.  It  will  be  the  duty 
of  the  officer  having  charge  of  the  detachment  to  execute  the  work  accord- 
ingly. The  detail  of  troops  for  works  to  be  carried  on  under  the  super- 
intendence of  engineers  will  be  furnished  on  the  requisition  of  the  senior 
engineer,  addressed  to  the  officer  in  command  of  the  troops.     The  requisition 


208  CORPS    OF    ENGINEERS. 

will  specify  the  number  of  men  required,  the  time  and  place  at  which  they 
will  assemble  to  commence  work,  and  the  name  and  rank  of  the  engineer 
officer  to  whom  they  will  report.  The  requisition  may  be  for  part  of  a  day 
or  night,  for  a  whole  day  or  night,  for  a  week  or  a  longer  period,  according 
to  circumstances  ;  the  duration  of  the  service  always  being  specified. 

14 80.  When  on  duty  with  armies  in  the  field,  engineers  engaged  in  sur- 
veys and  reconnaissances  will  report  their  operations,  also  the  execution  of 
all  other  duties,  to  their  immediate  chief  at  headquarters  of  the  army,  who 
will  report  directly  to  the  commander  thereof. 

14§  1 .  The  senior  engineer  serving  with  the  army  in  the  field  will,  subject 
to  the  approval  of  his  commander,  report  monthly  to  the  Chief  of  Engineers 
the  operations  of  the  engineer  force  under  his  direction  sufficiently  in  detail 
to  show  the  nature  and  extent  of  the  operations  and  the  respective  portions 
executed  by  the  several  engineer  officers  engaged  therein. 

14 52.  The  senior  engineer  will  also  cause  to  be  made  exact  plans  of  all 
military  works  executed  under  his  direction,  and  in  case  of  attack  or  defense 
will  cause  exact  journals  to  be  kept,  showing,  by  drawings  and  descriptions, 
every  particular  of  each  day's  events.  These  plans  and  descriptions,  with 
maps  of  all  surveys  and  reconnaissances  and  explanatory  reports  or  m,emoirs, 
will  be  carefully  preserved  and  transmitted  at  suitable  opportunities  to  the 
Chief  of  Engineers. 

14 53.  When  an  engineer  is  sent  to  any  military  department,  fortress, 
garrison,  or  post,  a  duplicate  of  his  orders  will  be  sent  to  the  commanding 
officer.  On  his  arrival  the  engineer  will  communicate  his  orders,  and  nec- 
essary facilities  for  executing  them  will  be  afforded  by  the  commanding 
officer.  While  so  on  duty,  without  being  especially  put  under  the  direction 
of  the  commanding  officer,  the  engineer  officer  will  be  furnished  with  copies 
of  all  orders  and  regulations  of  the  command  relative  to  etiquette  and  police, 
and  with  the  countersign  when  quartered  within  a  chain  of  sentinels.  The 
engineer  officer  will  report  to  the  commanding  officer  when  relieved  from 
duty  within  the  limits  of  the  command. 

1454.  Engineer  officers  engaged  in  the  construction  of  fortifications  or 
other  public  works  are  entitled  to  allowances  of  quarters,  mess  rooms,  and 
kitchens,  with  fuel  for  the  same,  as  are  provided  by  regulations  for  officers 
at  garrisoned  posts. 

14^5.  No  alterations  will  be  made  in  any  fortification  or  in  its  casemates, 
quarters,  barracks,  magazines,  storehouses,  or  any  other  building  belonging 
to  it,  nor  will  any  building  of  any  kind  or  work  of  earth,  masonry,  or  timber 
be  erected  within  the  fortification  or  within  a  mile  of  its  exterior,  except 
under  the  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  and  by  authority  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  War. 

14S6.  When  the  Chief  of  Engineers  is  satisfied  that  any  fortification  is 
in  all  respects  complete  so  far  as  the  functions  of  his  department  are  con- 
cerned, he  will  give  notice  thereof  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  that  it  may  be 
turned  over  for  occupation  by  the  troops.  Until  its  completion  has  been 
announced,  no  work  will  be  occupied  by  troops  except  by  the  special  order 
of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1487.  Officers  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  or  those  on  engineer  duty,  trav- 
eling on  service  connected  with  fortifications  or  works  of  public  improve- 
ment, will  be  paid  their  travel  allowances  from  the  special  appropriation  for 
the  work.  When  traveling  on  any  other  duty,  the  mileage  will  be  paid  by 
that  branch  of  the  service  intrusted  with  such  payments  for  the  Army. 


ORDNANCE    DEPARTMENT.  "^  209 

ARTICLE    LXXXIII. 

Ordnance  Department. 

Note.— Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Ordnance  Department,  prepared  and 
published  under  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the 
Chief  of  Ordnance.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  nature 
or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

1488.  The  Chief  of  Ordnance,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  procuring,  by  purchase  or  manufacture, 
and  distributing  the  necessary  ordnance  and  ordnance  supplies  for  the  Gov- 
ernment, and  establishes  and  maintains  arsenals  and  depots  for  their  manu- 
facture and  safe-keeping.  All  officers  or  other  persons  in  the  military 
establishment,  to  whom  ordnance  and  ordnance  supplies  or  funds  are 
intrusted,  will  make  accounts  and  returns  thereof  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance 
at  the  times  and  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  him. 

14 §9.  Vacancies  in  the  grade  of  first  lieutenant  of  ordnance  are  filled  by 
transfer  from  the  line  of  the  Army.  To  be  eligible,  an  officer  must  be  less 
than  thirty  years  of  age,  must  have  served  at  least  two  years  as  an  officer 
in  the  line  of  the  Army,  and  must  have  passed  a  satisfactory  examination 
before  a  board  of  ordnance  officers.  Applications  for  examination  will  be 
made  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

1490.  Should  the  applicant  be  directed  to  appear  before  a  board,  he  will, 
after  passing  a  satisfactory  preliminary  examination  as  to  his  physical  quali- 
fications, be  examined  upon  the  following,  or  such  other  subjects  as  the 
Secretary  of  War  may  prescribe  :  Gun  construction,  present  and  past  state 
of  the  art ;  ballistics  and  ballistic  machines  ;  types  of  projectiles  and  gun 
carriages;  gunpowder,  types  and  modes  of  manufacture;  small-arms  and 
machine  guns  ;  employment  of  artillery,  kinds  of  fire,  etc. ;  armored  defenses  ; 
materials  for  ordnance  construction  and  processes  of  manufacture;  tor- 
pedoes for  coast  defenses  ;  general  principles  of  mechanics. 

1491.  In  the  absence  of  the  officer  commanding  an  ordnance  establish- 
ment, if  there  be  no  other  ordnance  officer  present,  the  command  devolves 
upon  the  ordnance  storekeeper. 

ISSUES   AND   SALES. 

1492.  Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  include  cannon  and  artillery  car- 
riages and  equipments  ;  apparatus  and  machines  for  the  service  and  maneu- 
ver of  artillery ;  small-arms  ammunition  and  accoutrements ;  horse  equip- 
ments and  harness  for  the  artillery ;  tools,  machinery,  and  materials  for 
the  ordnance  service,  and  all  property  of  whatever  nature  supplied  to  the 
military  establishment  by  the  Ordnance  Department. 

1493.  In  time  of  peace,  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  are  issued  from  the 
arsenals  and  armories  by  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.  Should  an 
issue  be  made  not  directed  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  the  order  therefor  will 
be  promptly  transmitted  to  him  by  the  issuing  officer. 

1494.  In  time  of  war,  issues  may  be  made  to  troops  in  "service,  on  the 
order  of  any  general  or  field  officer  commanding  an  army,  garrison,  or 

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210  ISSUES   AND    SALES    OF   ORDNANCE. 

detachment.  To  authorize  an  issue  to  militia,  they  must  have  been  regu- 
larly mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United  States,  and  the  requisition  for 
the  stores  must  be  properly  approved. 

1495.  The  Chief  of  Ordnance  will,  on  the  recommendation  of  a  depart- 
ment commander,  approved  by  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  and 
the  Secretary  of  War,  establish  ordnance  depots  at  such  points  as  may 
be  designated  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  v^^here  ordnance  stores  will  be  held 
for  distribution  to  the  troops  under  such  regulations  as  the  department  com- 
mander may  prescribe. 

1496.  When  practicable,  these  depots  will  be  under  the  charge  of  ord- 
nance officers,  and  only  such  limited  supply  of  ordnance  stores  as  may  be 
required  to  meet  emergencies  will  be  kept  at  or  issued  from  them.  All  other 
ordnance  stores  will  be  supplied  from  the  arsenals  as  provided  in  paragraph 
1493. 

1497.  Requisitions  for  ordnance  supplies  to  meet  emergencies  will  be  filled 
from  a  depot,  under  the  instructions  of  the  department  commander.  The 
officer  in  charge  will  be  responsible,  under  the  department  commander, 
that  sufficient  stores,  procured  by  timely  requisitions  upon  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance,  are  always  on  hand.  Unserviceable  and  unsuitable  ordnance 
and  ordnance  stores  at  such  depots  are  under  the  control  of  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance. 

149S.  Requisitions  for  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  not  on  hand  within 
a  department  must  be  approved  by  the  immediate  commanders.  The  per- 
sonal approval  of  the  department  commander,  or  of  the  chief  ordnance 
officer  of  his  department,  is  necessary,  but  in  the  absence  of  the  department 
commander  the  approval  may  be  made  in  his  name  by  one  of  his  staff  officers. 
After  approval,  one  copy  is  forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  direct. 

1499.  Requisitions  will  be  made  in  conformity  with  the  supply  tables  pre- 
pared by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  unless  extraordinary  circumstances,  to  be 
plainly  set  forth  in  each  case,  should  require  a  larger  supply  of  one  or  more 
of  the  articles  authorized. 

1500.  Requisitions  for  ordnance  stores,  to  replace  those  condemned,  will 
be  accompanied  by  a  certified  copy  of  the  inspection  report ;  but  issues  may 
be  made  before  condemnation  on  requisition  and  the  officer's  statement  that 
the  stores  are  immediately  needed  for  the  proper  equipment  of  his  command, 
and  that  the  articles  are  to  replace  unserviceable  stores,  but  if  required  to 
replace  those  lost  or  damaged  by  the  carelessness  of  the  men,  the  officer 
will  certify  that  he  has  charged  the  cost  of  the  same  on  the  muster  and  pay 
rolls. 

1501.  The  service  arms,  ammunition,  accoutrements,  and  horse  equip- 
ments required  by  an  officer  for  his  own  use  in  the  public  service  may  be 
sold  to  him  by  the  Ordnance  Department  at  the  regulation  price,  and  the 
money  received  passed  to  the  credit  of  the  proper  appropriation.  Ordnance 
supplies  thus  sold  to  officers  will  not  be  disposed  of  to  persons  not  in  the 
military  service.  Officers  who  have  once  purchased  can  not  be  resupplied, 
except  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  then  only  after  certifying 
that  the  property  previously  purchased  was  not  disposed  of  in  a  manner 
contrary  to  this  paragraph. 

1502.  When  the  arms  or  equipments  authorized  to  be  purchased  in  the 
preceding  paragraph  can  not  be  obtained  from  an  ordnance  officer,  officers 


ISSUES,    ETC.,    OF    ORDNANCE.  211 

may  take  from  those  for  which  they  are  accountable  such  articles  as  they 
require  for  their  personal  use,  or  may  furnish  them  to  officers  of  their  com- 
mands for  like  purpose.  In  such  cases  they  will  refund  the  cost  of  the 
articles  to  the  Ordnance  Department  by  depositing  the  money  with  an 
assistant  treasurer  or  an  authorized  depositary,  and  taking  and  transmit- 
ting the  customary  certificates. 

1503.  Officers  serving  with  troops  may  draw  for  their  personal  use, 
from  stores  belonging  to  the  command  with  which  they  are  serving,  one 
regulation  rifle  or  carbine,  and  one  revolver,  with  the  appropriate  belts, 
carbine  slings,  and  cartridge  boxes,  and  the  usual  quantity  of  ammunition 
for  each  arm.  This  ordnance  property  may  be  used  in  action  or  target 
practice,  and  will  be  accounted  for  in  the  same  manner  as  similar  stores 
belonging  to  the  United  States  in  the  hands  of  troops. 

1504.  Ordnance  stores  will  not  be  loaned  to  any  person,  and  any  officer 
violating  this  rule  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  money  value  of  the 
articles. 

1505.  An  officer  who  makes  an  issue  of  ordnance  stores  to  one  not  in 
command  of  troops,  except  under  orders  from  competent  authority,  will  be 
charged  with  the  money  value  of  the  stores  so  issued. 

1506.  Department  commanders  may,  in  cases  of  emergency,  direct  the 
sale  of  arms  and  ammunition  of  calibers  not  used  in  service,  at  exposed 
frontier  settlements,  to  actual  settlers  for  their  protection,  when  they  have 
not  the  means  and  facilities  to  provide  for  themselves.  Officers  who  make 
the  sales  will  be  required  to  file  with  their  returns  the  department  com- 
mander's authority  for  the  same,  and  his  explanation  of  the  emergency 
requiring  it.  No  deduction  in  price  will  be  made  on  account  of  failure  of 
purchasers  to  take  bayonets. 

1507.  The  issue  or  sale  of  arms,  ammunition,  or  other  ordnance  stores 
to  Indians  not  in  the  military  service,  or  to  Indian  agents,  will  not  be  made 
except  by  the  special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1508.  Civilian  employees  of  the  War  Department  may  be  armed  when 
necessary  for  the  protection  of  life  or  public  property,  and  the  same  respon- 
sibility attaches  to  the  officers  accountable  for  the  arms  furnished  them  that 
attaches  to  those  accountable  for  the  arms  in  the  hands  of  enlisted  men. 

1509.  The  sale  of  ammunition  to  civilians  belonging  to  exploring  or 
surveying  expeditions  authorized  by  law,  and  to  civilian  employees  of  the 
War  Department,  may  be  made  for  hunting  purposes  when  considered  neces- 
sary for  their  subsistence,  or  for  the  interest  of  the  United  States. 

1510.  Arms  lost,  destroyed,  or  embezzled  by  civilian  employees  will  be 
charged  in  the  same  manner  as  stores  similarly  lost  by  enlisted  men.  A 
certified  statement  of  the  fact  will  be  made  in  duplicate,  and  the  money 
accounted  for  to  the  Ordnance  Department.  One  copy  of  the  statement  is 
filed  with  the  return. 

EXPENDITURE   OF   AMMUNITION. 

1511.  Ammunition  will  only  be  expended  in  action,  in  defense  of  life  or 
public  property,  in  target  practice,  in  the  preliminary  instruction  of  the 
soldier,  in  hunting,  and  for  authorized  salutes. 

1512.  The  officer's  certificate  as  to  the  necessity  for  all  expenditures  of 
ammunition  must  accompany  his  property  return,  and  when  ammunition 


212  SURPLUS    AND    DAMAGED    ORDNANCE    STORES. 

is  dropped  from  his  return  as  "  expended  in  action  by  civil  emplo^^ees,"  a 
statement  giving  the  place,  date,  and  attending  circumstances,  sufficiently 
in  detail  to  insure  verification ,  must  be  filed  with  the  return. 

1513.  Ammunition  expended  by  a  soldier  without  orders,  or  not  in  the 
line  of  duty,  or  which  may  be  damaged  or  lost  through  his  neglect,  will  be 
charged  to  him. 

1514.  When  ammunition  is  furnished  to  civilian  employees  it  is  not  to 
be  dropped  from  the  returns  unless  expended  in  action,  or  in  hunting  when 
necessary  to  obtain  subsistence.  Ammunition  not  so  expended  will  be 
returned  to  the  responsible  officer  and  accounted  for  by  him,  or  paid  for  at 
the  price  fixed. 

SURPLUS   AND   DAMAGED   STORES. 

1515.  Serviceable  surplus  ordnance  stores  may  be  turned  in  ai  the 
nearest  arsenal,  on  the  order  of  a  department  commander,  or  if  in  the  hands 
of  a  recruiting  officer,  on  the  order  of  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

1516.  Officers  in  charge  of  arsenals  and  ordnance  depots  will  afford 
every  facility  to  officers  authorized  to  turn  in  property.  They  will  give 
receipts  for  it  according  to  condition. 

1517.  Whenever  canteens  become  unserviceable  because  of  worn-out 
covers  or  lost  corks,  they  will  not  be  presented  for  condemnation,  but  will 
be  repaired  by  the  troops.  Timely  requisitions  will  be  made  on  the  Ord- 
nance Department  for  extra  covers,  corks,  etc.,  with  which  to  repair  them. 

1518.  On  arrival  of  recruits  at  their  destination,  the  clothing  bags, 
haversacks,  meat  cans,  tin  cups,  knives,  forks,  spoons,  and  canteens  in  their 
possession  will  be  properly  packed  and  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  for  transportation  to  an  arsenal  to  be  designated  by  the  Chief 
of  Ordnance  for  repairs  and  subsequent  issue  to  recruiting  stations  and 
recruit  rendezvous.  Should  any  of  these  stores  be  needed  for  the  proper 
equipment  of  the  organization  to  which  the  recruits  are  sent,  they  may  be 
retained  and  report  thereof  made  at  once  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1519.  Ordinary  repairs  can  usually  be  made  in  the  company,  or  at  the 
post,  with  the  means  provided  for  that  purpose  by  the  Ordnance  Depart- 
ment. When  the  repairs  required  are  too  extensive  to  be  thus  made,  an 
inspector  should  recommend  that  the  stores  be  sent  to  an  arsenal  to  be  des- 
ignated by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.  A  certified  extract  from  the  inspection 
report,  accompanying  the  invoices,  is  the  officer's  authority  for  turning 
them  in. 

1520.  In  the  absence  of  an  inspecting  officer,  department  commanders 
may  direct  all  arms,  accoutrements  or  equipments  needing  repairs,  which 
can  not  be  made  by  the  troops,  to  be  sent  to  an  arsenal  to  be  designated  by 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1521.  No  officer  will  turn  in  any  unserviceable  ordnance  stores  except 
as  provided  in  these  regulations. 

1522.  Lists  of  prices  to  be  charged  against  soldiers  for  the  loss  of  or 
damage  to  firearms  are  published  from  time  to  time. 

1523.  Arm  chests  not  required  for  the  storage  of  supplies  will  be 
returned  to  the  nearest  arsenal  or  ordnance  depot  when  the  cost  of  trans- 
portation is  not  greater  than  the  value  of  the  property.  Officers  to  whom 
such  chests  have  been  issued  will  be  charged  with  their  value  if  they  are 
destroyed. 


INSPECTION — PACKING RETURNS.  213 

INSPECTION  OF  ORDNANCE  SUPPLIES. 

1524.  Before  final  disposition  of  ordnance  supplies  which  from  any 
cause  are  worn  out  or  damaged,  they  will  be  submitted  to  an  inspector. 

1525.  When  sales  of  ordnance  stores  are  recommended,  all  of  the  copies 
of  the  inspection  report  will  be  forwarded  by  the  department  commander 
direct  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  for  the  final  action  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1526.  When  the  recommendation  of  an  inspector  for  sale  of  ordnance 
supplies  is  approved,  two  copies  of  the  report  will  be  returned  to  the  officer 
accountable  for  the  stores,  through  the  headquarters  of  the  department  in 
which  he  may  be  serving,  with  detailed  instructions  how  to  make  the  sales 
and  account  for  the  proceeds,  and  one  copy  transmitted  to  the  Inspector- 
General.  One  copy  of  each  inventory  and  inspection  report  must  accom- 
pany the  return. 

PACKING  AND  TRANSPORTATION. 

1527.  Officers  who  ship  arms  of  any  description  are  held  responsible  that 
they  are  so  packed  that,  under  ordinary  handling,  they  can  not.  break  loose 
from  their  fastenings  in  the  boxes,  and  that  no  loaded  arm  is  packed  for 
transportation.  When  loaded  arras,  or  arms  insecurely  packed,  are  received 
by  an  officer,  he  will  report  the  facts  direct  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

152S.  After  packing  arms  or  other  ordnance  stores  for  shipment,  the 
covers  and  bottoms  of  the  arm  chests  and  packing  boxes  will,  if  possible,  be 
sealed  with  wax  and  stamped  with  an  official  mark  by  the  officer  responsi- 
ble. The  lid  will  be  secured  by  screws,  at  least  two  of  which  will  be  sealed. 
Each  board  on  top  and  bottom  will  have  at  least  one  sealed  screw.  The 
screw  heads  will  be  countersunk  to  a  depth  sufficient  to  protect  the  wax  seal 
from  injury.  The  design  of  the  seal  will  designate  the  arsenal  or  post  from 
which  the  shipment  is  made,  or  the  name  of  the  shipping  officer. 

1529.  The  Ordnance  Department  will  prepare  official  stamps  for  sealing 
boxes,  and  distribute  them  in  duplicate  to  each  company.  Company  com- 
manders will  account  for  them  in  their  quarterly  returns  of  ordnance  stores 
and  use  them  exclusively  for  purposes  intended. 

1530.  The  name  of  the  invoicing  officer,  the  gross  weight  of  all  boxes 
and  date  of  weighing  will  be  distinctly  marked  thereon.  Each  quartermas- 
ter who  ships  or  receives  ordnance  stores  will  satisfy  himself  that  the  seals 
on  the  packages  are  unbroken.  If  the  seals  should  be  broken  and  any  stores 
lost,  he  will  cause  the  value  of  the  lost  stores  to  be  charged  to  the  carrier. 

1531.  For  transportation,  ordnance  stores  will  be  turned  over  to  the 
Quartermaster's  Department,  with  duplicate  invoices;  a  third  invoice,  with 
duplicate  receipts,  to  be  signed  by  the  receiving  officer,  will  be  sent  direct 
to  him  by  mail.  Materials  procured  for  current  use  at  ordnance  establish- 
ments will  be  transported  at  the  expense  of  the  Ordnance  Department. 

RETURNS  AND  REPORTS. 

1532.  Officers  accountable  for  ordnance  funds  will  render  the  returns 
and  statements  required  by  Ordnance  Regulations. 

1533.  Officers  or  ordnance  sergeants  accountable  for  ordnance  and  ord- 
nance stores  will  render  a  quarterly  return  thereof  direct  to  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance,  within  twenty  days  after  the  expiration  of  each  quarter. 


214  THE    SIGNAL    CORPS. 

1534.  Records  of  artillery  firing  will  be  kept  by  commanding  officers  of 
permanent  forts  and  batteries,  and  a  copy  forwarded  direct  to  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance  at  the  end  of  February,  April,  June,  August,  October,  and  Decem- 
ber of  each  year. 

1535.  Requisitions  for  blanks  and  blank  books  required  for  the  use  of 
the  Ordnance  Department  will  be  made  quarterly,  or  when  needed,  by  every 
regiment  and  company.  Those  suited  to  every  command  and  arm  of  the 
service  can  be  obtained  upon  application  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1536.  In  the  care  and  preservation  of  artillery  material,  magazines,  small 
arms,  etc.,  the  instructions  contained  in  the  authorized  Manual  of  Heavy 
Artillery  and  the  publications  of  the  Ordnance  Department  will  be  observed. 

ARTICLE  LXXXIV. 

The  Signal  Corps. 

153*7.  The  Chief  Signal  Officer  is  charged,  under  the  Secretary  of  War, 
with  the  direction  of  the  Signal  Bureau ;  with  the  control  of  the  officers, 
enlisted  men.  and  employees  attached  thereto ;  with  the  construction,  repair, 
and  operation  of  military  telegraph  lines;  with  the  supervision  of  such 
instruction  in  military  signaling  and  telegraphy  as  may  be  prescribed  in 
orders  from  the  War  Department ;  with  the  procurement,  preservation,  and 
distribution  of  the  necessary  supplies  for  the  Signal  Corps.  He  has  charge 
of  all  military  signal  duties,  and  of  books,  papers,  and  devices  connected 
therewith,  including  telegraph  and  telephone  apparatus  and  the  necessary 
meteorological  instruments  for  target  ranges  and  other  military  uses ;  of 
collecting  and  transmitting  information  for  the  Army,  by  telegraph  or  other- 
wise, and  all  other  duties  pertaining  to  military  signaling. 

153S.  Vacancies  in  the  grade  of  first  lieutenant  in  the  Signal  Corps  are 
filled  by  transfer  from  the  line  of  the  Army.  To  be  eligible,  an  officer  must 
be  less  than  thirty  years  of  age,  have  served  at  least  two  years  as  an  officer 
in  the  line,  and  have  passed  a  satisfactory  examination  before  a  board  of 
officers  of  the  Signal  Corps.  Applications  for  examination  will  be  made 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  Should  the  applicant  be  directed 
to  appear  before  a  board,  he  will,  after  passing  a  satisfactory  examina- 
tion as  to  his  physical  qualifications,  be  examined  upon  the  following  sub- 
jects, or  such  others  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  prescribe :  Theoretical 
and  practical  electricity,  modern  languages,  chemistry  and  optics,  mili- 
tary surveying  and  reconnaissance.  The  board  will  inquire  into  and  con- 
sider the  special  military  fitness  for  the  Signal  Corps  of  the  candidate  and 
require  from  him  an  essay  on  a  military  subject. 

1539.  The  number  of  sergeants  of  each  class  at  each  signal  station  will 
be  fixed  by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer.  They  will  be  enlisted  and  may  be  mus- 
tered, at  his  discretion,  in  the  class  for  which  competent,  and  in  which  there 
is  a  vacancy.  Sergeants  are  promoted  and  reduced  in  the  classes  of  their 
grade  as  fixed  by  law  by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer. 

1540.  An  officer  having  charge  of  the  descriptive  list  of  a  sergeant  of 
the  Signal  Corps  not  mustered  at  a  garrisoned  post  will  forward  monthly  to 
the  Chief  Signal  Officer  direct  a  copy  of  all  remarks  made  on  the  descriptive 
list,  also  of  the  list  when  transferred  to  any  other  officer. 


THE   SIGNAL    CORPS.  215 

1541.  The  senior  signal  officer  of  an  army  in  the  field  commands  the 
signal  parties  serving  therein.  Orders  affecting  them  will  be  transmitted 
through  him,  and  he  will  be  responsible  that  they  are  fully  instructed,  ade- 
quately supplied,  and  that  they  properly  perform  their  duties.  He  will  keep 
himself  informed  of  the  position  of  the  army  and  of  the  enemy,  and  under 
the  instruction  of  the  general  commanding  will  establish  his  stations.  He 
will  submit  reports  of  operations  to  the  general  commanding,  and  forward 
copies  thereof  to  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  in  Washington,  to  whom  he  will 
report  monthly  his  station,  the  strength  and  condition  of  his  parties,  and  all 
other  matters  pertaining  to  their  duties  and  equipment. 

1542.  When  telegraph  lines  are,  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  placed 
Tinder  charge  of  signal  officers,  they  will  be  held  responsible  for  their  con- 
struction, maintenance,  and  operation.  Commanding  officers  and  others 
will  see  that  the  special  duties  of  these  oflBcers  are  not  interfered  with,  and 
upon  proper  application  will  render  any  assistance  in  their  power. 

1543.  Official  and  military  messages  will  have  precedence.  Communi- 
cations transmitted  by  telegraph  or  signals  are  always  confidential,  and  will 
not  be  revealed  except  to  those  officially  entitled  to  receive  them. 

1544.  Department  commanders  will  require  suitable  instruction  and 
practice  in  military  signaling  in  their  departments.  To  this  end  they  will 
cause  a  signal  officer  to  be  detailed  at  each  post«  who  will  give  necessary 
instruction  and  supervise  field  practice  during  at  least  two  months  of  the 
year.  Constant  instruction  will  be  maintained  until  at  least  one  officer  and 
four  enlisted  men  of  each  company  are  proficient  in  the  exchange  of  both 
day  and  night  signals  by  flag,  torch,  and  heliograph.  The  detail  will  be 
changed  from  time  to  time.  For  each  month  in  a\  hich  instruction  and  prac- 
tice are  held,  reports  thereof  will  be  rendered  to  the  Chief  Signal  Officer, 
through  department  commanders. 

1545.  As  the  Army  signal  code  differs  from  the  Navy  code,  code  cards 
and  instructions  in  detail  for  using  each  will  be  furnished  by  the  Chief  Signal 
Officer  upon  application. 

1546.  Signal  supplies  will  be  furnished  by  the  Signal  Bureau  to  posts 
and  such  organizations  as  require  them,  on  requisitions  approved  by  depart- 
ment commanders.  They  will  be  receipted  for  by  signal  officers  and  will  be 
accounted  for  to  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  on  forms  furnished  for  the  purpose. 
Telescopes,  field  glasses,  heliographs,  and  telephones,  when  unserviceable, 
will  not  be  submitted  to  an  inspector  for  condemnation  without  previous 
authority  of  the  Chief  Signal  Officer. 

1547.  Quartermasters  and  commissaries  will  issue  to  signal  parties  serv- 
ing in  their  vicinity  such  supplies  from  their  respective  departments  as  may 
be  necessary  for  their  proper  equipment  and  subsistence,  on  the  requisition 
of  the  officer  in  charge  of  such  parties. 

ARTICLE   LXXXV. 

Uniform. 

154S.  The  uniform  and  equipments  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  will  be 
prescribed  in  special  regulations  published  by  authority  of  the  Secretary 
of  War. 


216  UNIFORM BLANK  FORMS. 

1549.  The  proper  dress  will  be  determined  by  the  commanding  officer. 
When  an  officer  or  soldier  is  permitted  to  wear  civilian  dress,  it  will  not  be 
accompanied  by  any  mark  of  the  uniform.  When  in  uniform  he  will  con- 
form strictly  to  the  requirements  for  the  day. 

If5'50.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  may  be  permitted  to  wear  black  rubber 
ponchos  or  blankets,  or  black  or  dark-blue  waterproof  overcoats  when  on 
duty  involving  exposure  to  rainy  or  other  inclement  weather. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

1551.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  who,  in  their  own  right  or  by  right  of 
inheritence,  are  members  of  military  societies  of  men  who  served  in  the 
armies  and  navies  of  the  United  States  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  the 
War  of  1812,  the  Mexican  War,  and  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  or  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Regular  Army  and  Navy  Union  of  the  United  States,  may  wear 
on  all  occasions  of  ceremony,  when  full  dress  is  required,  the  distinctive 
badges  adopted  by  such  societies — badges  to  be  worn  on  the  left  breast  of 
the  coat  suspended  by  a  ribbon  from  a  bar  of  metal  passed  through  their 
upper  ends,  and  tops  of  the  ribbons  forming  a  horizontal  line,  the  outer  end 
of  which  will  be  from  three  to  four  inches  below  the  top  of  the  shoulder 
according  to  height  of  wearer.  Medals  of  honor  and  the  several  distinctive 
marks  given  for  excellence  in  rifle  practice  may  also  be  worn  in  the  same 
manner  by  officers  and  enlisted  men  upon  all  occasions  of  ceremony.  Insig- 
nia "buttons"  will  not  be  worn. 

ARTICLE   LXXXVI. 
Blank  Forms. 

1552.  The  standard  blank  forms  used  in  Army  administration,  with  the 
notes  and  directions  thereon,  have  the  force  and  effect  of  Army  Regulations. 
New  forms  or  alterations  will  not  be  made  without  the  authority  of  the 
Secretary  of  War,  and  the  date  on  which  a  form  or  alteration  was  author- 
ized will  be  printed  on  the  form  itself.  All  notes  or  directions  on  these 
blanks  will,  prior  to  their  issue,  be  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 
These  forms  and  lists  of  them  will  be  furnished  by  the  chiefs  of  the  various 
bureaus  and  offices  of  the  War  Department.  Requisitions  therefor  will 
call  for  them  by  number  and  name. 


ARTICLES  OF  WAR. 


Section  1342,  Revised  Statutes.  The  armies  of  the  United  States  shall  be 
governed  by  the  following  rules  and  articles.  The  word  officer,  as  used 
therein,  shall  be  understood  to  designate  commissioned  officers ;  the  word 
soldier  shall  be  understood  to  include  noncommissioned  officers,  musicians, 
artificers,  and  privates,  and  other  enlisted  men,  and  the  convictions  men- 
tioned therein  shall  be  understood  to  be  convictions  by  court-martial. 

Article  1.  Every  officer  now  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  shall, 
within  six  months  from  the  passing  of  this  act,  and  every  officer  hereafter 
appointed  shall,  before  he  enters  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  subscribe 
these  rules  and  articles. 

Art.  2.  These  rules  and  articles  shall  be  read  to  every  enlisted  man  at  the 
time  of,  or  within  six  days  after,  his  enlistment,  and  he  shall  thereupon 
take  an  oath  or  affirmation,  in  the  following  form  :  "  I,  A.  B.,  do  solemnly 
swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will  bear  true  faith  and  allegiance  to  the  United 
States  of  America ;  that  I  will  serve  them  honestly  and  faithfully  against 
all  their  enemies  whomsoever ;  and  that  I  will  obey  the  orders  of  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  and  the  orders  of  the  officers  appointed  over  me, 
according  to  the  rules  and  article  of  war."  This  oath  may  be  taken  before 
any  commissioned  officer  of  the  army. 

Art.  3.  Every  officer  who  knowingly  enlists  or  musters  into  the  military 
service  any  minor  over  the  age  of  16  years  without  the  written  consent  of 
his  parents  or  guardians,  or  any  minor  under  the  age  of  16  years,  or  any 
insane  or  intoxicated  persons,  or  any  deserter  from  the  military  or  naval 
service  of  the  United  States,  or  any  person  who  has  been  convicted  of  any 
infamous  criminal  offense,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  dismissed  from  the 
service,  or  suffer  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  4.  No  enlisted  man,  duly  sworn,  shall  be  discharged  from  the  service 
without  a  discharge  in  writing,  signed  by  a  field  officer  of  the  regiment 
to  which  he  belongs,  or  by  the  commanding  officer,  when  no  field  officer 
is  present ;  and  no  discharge  shall  be  given  to  any  enlisted  man  before  his 
term  of  service  has  expired,  except  by  order  of  the  President,  the  Secretary 
of  War,  the  commanding  officer  of  a  department,  or  by  sentence  of  a  general 
court-martial. 

Art.  5.  Any  officer  who  knowingly  musters  as  a  soldier  a  person  who  is 
not  a  soldier,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  knowingly  making  a  false  muster, 
and  punished  accordingly. 

Art.  6.  Any  officer  who  takes  money,  or  other  thing,  by  way  of  gratifica- 
tion, on  mustering  any  regiment,  troop,  battery,  or  company,  or  on  signing 
muster  rolls,  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service,  and  shall  thereby  be  dis- 
abled to  hold  any  office  or  employment  in  the  service  of  the  United  States. 

Art.  7.  Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment,  an  independent  troop,  bat- 
tery, or  company,  or  a  garrison,  shall,  in  the  beginning  of  every  month, 

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218  ARTICLES    OF    WAR. 

transmit  throngh  the  proper  channels,  to  the  Department  of  War,  an  exact 
return  of  the  same,  specifying  the  names  of  the  officers  then  absent  from 
their  posts,  with  the  reasons  for  and  the  time  of  their  absence.  And  any 
officer  who,  through  neglect  or  design,  6mits  to  send  such  returns,  shall,  on 
conviction  thereof,  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  8.  Every  officer  who  knowingly  makes  a  false  return  to  the  Depart- 
ment of  War,  or  to  any  of  his  superior  officers,  authorized  to  call  for  such 
returns,  of  the  state  of  the  regiment,  troop  or  company,  or  garrison  under 
his  command ;  or  of  the  arms,  ammunition,  clothing,  or  other  stores  there- 
unto belonging,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof  before  a  court-martial,  be 
cashiered. 

ART.  9.  All  public  stores  taken  from  the  enemy  shall  be  secured  for  the 
service  of  the  United  States ;  and  for  neglect  thereof  the  commanding  officer 
shall  be  answerable. 

Art.  10.  Every  officer  commanding  a  troop,  battery,  or  company,  is 
charged  with  the  arms,  accoutrements,  ammunition,  clothing,  or  other  mili- 
tary stores  belonging  to  his  command,  and  is  accountable  to  his  colonel  in 
case  of  their  being  lost,  spoiled,  or  damaged  otherwise  than  by  unavoidable 
accident,  or  on  actual  service. 

Art.  11.  Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment  or  an  independent  troop, 
battery,  or  company,  not  in  the  field,  may,  when  actually  quartered  with 
such  command,  grant  furloughs  to  the  enlisted  men,  in  such  numbers  and 
for  such  time  as  he  shall  deem  consistent  with  the  good  of  the  service. 
Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment,  or  an  independent  troop;  battery.,  or 
company,  in  the  field,  may  grant  furloughs  not  exceeding  thirty  days  at  one 
time,  to  five  per  centum  of  the  enlisted  men,  for  good  conduct  in  the  line  of 
duty,  but  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  commander  of  the  forces  of  which 
said  enlisted  men  form  a  part.  Every  company  officer  of  a  regiment,  com- 
manding any  troop,  battery,  or  company  not  in  the  field,  or  commanding  in 
any  garrison,  fort,  post,  or  barrack,  may,  in  the  absence  of  his  field  officer, 
grant  furloughs  to  the  enlisted  men,  for  a  time  not  exceeding  twenty  days 
in  six  months,  and  not  to  more  than  two  persons  to  be  absent  at  the  same 
time. 

Art.  12.  At  every  muster  of  a  regiment,  troop,  battery,  or  company,  the 
commanding  officer  thereof  shall  give  to  the  mustering  officer  certificates, 
signed  by  himself,  stating  how  long  absent  officers  have  been  absent  and 
the  reasons  of  their  absence.  And  the  commanding  officer  of  every  troop, 
battery,  or  company  shall  give  like  certificates,  stating  how  long  absent 
noncommissioned  officers  and  private  soldiers  have  been  absent  and  the 
reasons  of  their  absence.  Such  reasons  and  time  of  absence  shall  be  inserted 
in  the  muster  rolls  opposite  the  names  of  the  respective  absent  officers  and 
soldiers,  and  the  certificates,  together  with  the  muster  rolls,  shall  be  trans- 
mitted by  the  mustering  officer  to  the  Department  of  War,  as  speedily  as 
the  distance  of  the  place  and  muster  will  admit. 

Art.  13.  Every  officer  who  signs  a  false  certificate,  relating  to  the  absence 
or  pay  of  an  officer  or  soldier,  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

Art.  14.  Any  officer  who  knowingly  makes  a  false  muster  of  man  or  liorse, 
or  who  signs,  or  directs,  or  allows  the  signing  of  any  muster  roll,  knowing 
the  same  to  contain  a  false  muster,  shall,  upon  proof  thereof,  by  two  wit- 


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nesses,  before  a  court-martial,  be  dismissed  from  the  service,  and  shall 
thereby  be  disabled  to  hold  any  office  or  employment  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States. 

Art.  15.  Any  officer  who,  wilfully  or  through  neglect,  suffers  to  be  lost, 
spoiled,  or  damaged,  any  military  stores  belonging  to  the  United  States, 
shall  make  good  the  loss  or  damage,  and  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

Art.  16.  Any  enlisted  man  who  sells,  or  wilfully  or  through  neglect  wastes 
the  ammunition  delivered  out  to  him,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial 
may  direct. 

Art.  17.  Any  soldier  who  sells  or  through  neglect  loses  or  spoils  his  horse, 
arms,  clothing,  or  accoutrements  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may 
adjudge,  subject  to  such  limitation  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  President 
by  virtue  of  the  power  vested  in  him.     [Act  approved  July  27,  1892.] 

Art.  18.  Any  officer  commanding  In  any  garrison,  fort,  or  barracks  of  the 
United  States  who,  for  his  private  advantage,  lays  any  duty  or  imposition 
upon,  or  is  interested  in,  the  sale  of  any  victuals,  liquors,  or  other  necessa- 
ries of  life,  brought  into  such  garrison,  fort,  or  barracks,  for  the  use  of  the 
soldiers,  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

Art.  19.  Any  officer  who  uses  contemptuous  or  disrespectful  words  against 
the  President,  the  Vice-President,  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  or  the 
chief  magistrate  or  legislature  of  any  of  the  United  States  in  which  he  is 
quartered,  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service,  or  otherwise  punished,  as  a 
court-martial  may  direct.  Any  soldier  who  so  offends  shall  be  punished  as 
a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  20.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  behaves  himself  with  disrespect  towards 
his  commanding  officer  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  21.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who,  on  any  pretense  whatsoever,  strikes 
his  superior  officer,  or  draws  or  lifts  up  any  weaijon,  or  offers  any  violence 
against  him,  being  in  the  execution  of  his  office,  or  disobeys  any  lawful 
command  of  his  superior  officer,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punish- 
ment as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  22.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  begins,  excites,  causes,  or  joins  in  any 
mutiny,  or  sedition,  in  any  troop,  battery,  company,  party,  post,  detachment, 
or  guard,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial 
may  direct. 

Art.  23.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who,  being  present  at  any  mutiny  or  sedi- 
tion, does  not  use  his  utmost  endeavor  to  suppress  the  same,  or  having 
knowledge  of  any  intended  mutiny  or  sedition,  does  not,  without  delay,  give 
information  thereof  to  his  commanding  officer,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such 
other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  24.  All  officers,  of  what  condition  soever,  have  power  to  part  and 
quell  all  quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  whether  among  persons  belonging 
to  his  own  or  to  another  corps,  regiment,  troop,  battery,  or  company,  and 
to  order  officers  into  arrest,  and  noncommissioned  officers  and  soldiers  into 
confinement,  who  take  part  in  the  same,  until  their  proper  superior  officer 
is  acquainted  therewith.  And  whosoever,  being  so  ordered,  refuses  to  obey 
such  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer,  or  draws  a  weapon  upon  him,  shall 
be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 


220  ARTICLES    OF   WAR. 

Art.  25.  No  officer  or  soldier  shall  use  any  reproachful  or  provoking 
speeches  or  gestures  to  another.  Any  officer  who  so  offends  shall  be  put  in 
arrest.  Any  soldier  who  so  offends  shall  be  confined,  and  required  to  ask 
pardon  of  the  party  offended,  in  the  presence  of  his  commanding  officer. 

Art.  26.  No  officer  or  soldier  shall  send  a  challenge  to  another  officer  or 
soldier  to  fight  a  duel,  or  accept  a  challenge  so  sent.  Any  officer  who  so 
offends  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service.  Any  soldier  who  so  offends 
shall  suffer  such  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  27.  Any  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer,  commanding  a  guard, 
who,  knowingly  and  willingly,  suffers  any  person  to  go  forth  to  fight  a  duel, 
shall  be  punished  as  a  challenger ;  and  all  seconds  or  promoters  of  duels, 
and  carriers  of  challenges  to  fight  duels,  shall  be  deemed  principals,  and 
punished  accordingly.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  officer  commanding  an 
army,  regiment,  troop,  battery,  company,  post,  or  detachment,  who  knows 
or  has  reason  to  believe  that  a  challenge  has  been  given  or  accepted  by  any 
officer  or  enlisted  man  under  his  command,  immediately  to  arrest  the 
offender  and  bring  him  to  trial. 

Art.  28.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  upbraids  another  officer  or  soldier  for 
refusing  a  challenge  shall  himself  be  punished  as  a  challenger ;  and  all  offi- 
cers and  soldiers  are  hereby  discharged  from  any  disgrace  or  opinion  of  dis- 
advantage which  might  arise  from  their  having  refused  to  accept  challenges, 
as  they  will  only  have  acted  in  obedience  to  the  law,  and  have  done  their 
duty  as  good  soldiers,  who  subject  themselves  to  discipline. 

Art.  29.  Any  officer  who  thinks  himself  wronged  by  the  commanding 
officer  of  his  regiment,  and,  upon  due  application  to  such  commander,  is 
refused  redress,  may  complain  to  the  general  commanding  in  the  State  or 
Territory  where  such  regiment  is  stationed.  The  general  shall  examine  into 
said  complaint  and  take  proper  measures  for  redressing  the  wrong  com- 
plained of;  and  he  shall,  as  soon  as  possible,  transmit  to  the  Department  of 
War  a  true  statement  of  such  complaint,  with  the  proceedings  had  thereon. 

Art.  30.  Any  soldier  who  thinks  himself  wronged  by  any  officer  may  com- 
plain to  the  commanding  officer  of  his  regiment,  who  shall  summon  a  regi- 
mental court-martial  for  the  doing  of  justice  to  the  complainant.  Either 
party  may  appeal  from  such  regimental  court-martial  to  a  general  court- 
martial  ;  but  if,  upon  such  second  hearing,  the  appeal  appears  to  be  ground- 
less and  vexatious,  the  party  appealing  shall  be  punished  at  the  discretion 
of  said  general  court-martial. 

Art.  31.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  lies  out  of  his  quarters,  garrison,  or 
camp,  without  leave  from  his  superior  officer,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court- 
martial  may  direct. 

Art.  32.  Any  soldier  who  absents  himself  from  his  troop,  battery,  com- 
pany, or  detachment,  without  leave  from  his  commanding  officer,  shall  be 
punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  33.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  fails,  except  when  prevented  by  sick- 
ness or  other  necessity,  to  repair,  at  the  fixed  time,  to  the  place  of  parade, 
exercise,  or  other  rendezvous  appointed  by  his  commanding  officer,  or  goes 
from  the  same,  without  leave  from  his  commanding  officer,  before  he  is 
dismissed  or  relieved,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 


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Art.  34.  Any  soldier  who  is  found  one  mile  from  camp,  without  leave  in 
writing  from  his  commanding  officer,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial 
may  direct. 

Art.  35.  Any  soldier  who  fails  to  retire  to  his  quarters  or  tent  at  the 
beating  of  retreat,  shall  be  punished  according  to  the  nature  of  his  offense. 

Art.  36.  No  soldier  belonging  to  any  regiment,  troop,  battery,  or  com- 
pany shall  hire  another  to  do  his  duty  for  him,  or  be  excused  from  duty, 
except  in  cases  of  sickness,  disability,  or  leave  of  absence.  Every  such 
soldier  found  guilty  of  hiring  his  duty,  and  the  person  so  hired  to  do 
another's  duty,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  37.  Every  noncommissioned  officer  who  connives  at  such  hiring  of 
duty  shall  be  reduced.  Every  officer  who  knows  and  allows  such  practices 
shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  38.  Any  officer  who  is  found  drunk  on  his  guard,  party,  or  other 
duty,  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service.  Any  soldier  who  so  offends  shall 
suffer  such  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct.  No  court-martial 
shall  sentence  any  soldier  to  be  branded,  marked,  or  tattooed. 

Art.  39.  Any  sentinel  who  is  found  sleeping  upon  his  post,  or  who  leaves 
it  before  he  is  regularly  relieved,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punish- 
ment as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  40.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  quits  his  guard,  platoon,  or  division, 
without  leave  from  his  superior  officer,  except  in  a  case  of  urgent  necessity, 
shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  41.  Any  officer  who,  by  any  means  whatsoever,  occasions  false  alarms 
in  camp,  garrison,  or  quarters,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment 
as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  42.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  misbehaves  himself  before  the  enemy, 
runs  away,  or  shamefully  abandons  any  fort,  post,  or  guard,  which  he  is 
commanded  to  defend,  or  speaks  words  inducing  others  to  do  the  like,  or 
casts  away  his  arms  or  ammunition,  or  quits  his  post  or  colors  to  plunder 
or  pillage,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial 
may  direct. 

Art.  43.  If  any  commander  of  any  garrison,  fortress,  or  post  is  com- 
pelled, by  the  officers  and  soldiers  under  his  command,  to  give  up  to  the 
enemy  or  to  abandon  it,  the  officers  or  soldiers  so  offending  shall  suffer 
death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  44.  Any  person  belonging  to  the  armies  of  the  United  States  who 
makes  known  the  watchword  to  any  person  not  entitled  to  receive  it,  accord- 
ing to  the  rules  and  discipline  of  war,  or  presumes  to  give  a  parofe  or  watch- 
word different  from  that  which  he  received,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other 
punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  45.  Whosoever  relieves  the  enemy  with  money,  victuals,  or  ammu- 
nition, or  knowingly  harbors  or  protects  an  enemy,  shall  suffer  death,  or 
such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  46.  Whosoever  holds  correspondence  with,  or  gives  intelligence  to, 
the  enemy,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other 
punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  47.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who,  having  received  pay,  or  having  been 
duly  enlisted  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  deserts  the  same,  shall,  in 


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time  of  war,  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may- 
direct;  and  in  time  of  peace,  any  punishment,  excepting  death,  which  a 
cour I  martial  may  direct. 

Art.  48.  Every  soldier  who  deserts  the  service  of  the  United  States  shall 
be  liable  to  serve  for  such  period  as  shall,  with  the  time  he  may  have  served 
previous  to  his  desertion,  amount  to  the  full  term  of  his  enlistment;  and 
such  soldier  shall  be  tried  by  a  court-martial  and  punished,  although  the 
term  of  his  enlistment  may  have  elapsed  previous  to  his  being  apprehended 
and  tried. 

Art.  49.  Any  officer  who,  having  tendered  his  resignation,  quits  his  post 
or  proper  duties,  without  leave,  and  with  intent  to  remain  permanently 
absent  therefrom,  prior  to  due  notice  of  the  acceptance  of  the  same,  shall  be 
deemed  and  punished  as  a  deserter. 

Art.  50.  No  noncommissioned  officer  or  soldier  shall  enlist  himself  in  any 
other  regiment,  troop,  or  company,  without  a  regular  discharge  from  the 
regiment,  troop,  or  company  in  which  he  last  served,  on  a  penalty  of  being 
reputed  a  deserter,  and  suffering  accordingly.  And  in  case  any  officer  shall 
knowingly  receive  and  entertain  such  noncommissioned  officer  or  soldier, 
or  shall  not,  after  his  being  discovered  to  be  a  deserter,  immediately  confine 
him  and  give  notice  thereot  to  the  corps  in  which  he  last  served,  the  said 
officer  shall,  by  a  court-martial,  be  cashiered. 

Art.  51.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  advises  or  persuades  any  other  officer 
or  soldier  to  desert  the  service  of  the  United  States,  shall,  in  time  of  war, 
suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct ;  and 
in  time  of  peace,  any  punishment,  excepting  death,  which  a  court-martial 
may  direct. 

Art.  52.  It  is  earnestly  recommended  to  all  officers  and  soldiers  diligently 
to  attend  divine  service.  Any  officer  who  behaves  indecently  or  irreverently 
at  any  place  of  divine  worship  shall  be  brought  before  a  general  court-martial, 
there  to  be  publicly  and  severely  reprimanded  by  the  president  thereof.  Any 
soldier  who  so  offends  shall,  for  his  first  offense,  forfeit  one-sixth  of  a  dollar ; 
for  each  further  offense  he  shall  forfeit  a  like  sum,  and  shall  be  confined 
twenty-four  hours.  The  money  so  forfeited  shall  be  deducted  from  his 
next  pay,  and  shall  be  applied,  by  the  captain  or  senior  officer  of  his  troop, 
battery,  or  company,  to  the  use  of  the  sick  soldiers  of  the  same. 

Art.  53.  Any  officer  who  uses  any  profane  oath  or  execration  shall,  for 
each  offense,  forfeit  and  pay  one  dollar.  Any  soldier  who  so  offends  shall 
incur  the  penalties  provided  in  the  preceding  article ;  and  all  moneys  for- 
feited for  such  offenses  shall  be  applied  as  therein  provided. 

Art.  54.  Every  officer  commanding  in  quarters,  garrison,  or  on  the  march, 
shall  keep  good  order,  and,  to  the  utmost  of  his  power,  redress  all  abuses  or 
disorders  which  may  be  committed  by  any  officer  or  soldier  under  his  com- 
mand ;  and  if,  upon  complaint  made  to  him  of  officers  or  soldiers  beating  or 
otherwise  ill-treating  any  person,  disturbing  fairs  or  markets,  or  committing 
any  kind  of  riot,  to  the  disquieting  of  the  citizens  of  the  United  States,  he 
refuses  or  omits  to  see  justice  done  to  the  offender,  and  reparation  made  to 
the  party  injured,  so  far  as  part  of  the  offender's  pay  shall  go  toward  such 
reparation,  he  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service,  or  otherwise  punished  as. 
a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  55.  All  officers  and  soldiers  are  to  behave  themselves  orderly  in 
quarters  and   on  the  march ;   and  whoever  commits  any  waste  or  spoils 


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either  in  walks  or  trees,  parks,  warrens,  fish-ponds,  houses,  gardens,  grain 
fields,  inclosures,  or  meadows,  or  maliciously  destroys  any  property  what- 
soever belonging  to  inhabitants  of  the  United  States,  (unless  by  order  of  a 
general  officer  commanding  a  separate  army  in  the  field.)  shall,  besides  such 
penalties  as  he  may  be  liable  to  by  law,  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may 
direct. 

Art.  56.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  does  violence  to  any  person  bringing 
provisions  or  other  necessaries  to  tha  camp,  garrison,  or  quarters  of  the 
forces  of  the  United  States  in  foreign  parts,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other 
IDunishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  57.  Whosoever,  belonging  to  the  armies  of  the  United  States  in  for- 
eign parts,  or  at  any  place  within  the  United  States  or  their  Territories  dur- 
ing rebellion  against  the  supreme  authority  of  the  United  States,  forces  a 
safeguard,  shall  suffer  death. 

Art.  58.  In  time  of  war,  insurrection,  or  rebellion,  larceny,  robbery, 
burglary,  arson,  mayhem,  manslaughter,  murder,  assault  and  battery  with 
an  intent  to  kill,  wounding,  by  shooting  or  stabbing,  with  an  intent  to  com- 
mit murder,  rape,  or  assault  and  battery  with  an  intent  to  commit  rape, 
shall  be  punishable  by  the  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial,  when  com- 
mitted by  persons  in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States,  and  the  punish- 
ment in  any  such  case  shall  not  be  less  than  the  punishment  provided,  for 
the  like  offense,  by  the  laws  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  district  in  which 
such  offense  may  have  been  committed. 

Art.  59.  When  any  officer  or  soldier  is  accused  of  a  capital  crime,  or  of 
any  offense  against  the  person  or  property  of  any  citizen  of  any  of  the  United 
States,  which  is  punishable  by  the  laws  of  the  land,  the  commanding  officer, 
and  the  officers  of  the  regiment,  troop,  battery,  company,  or  detachment,  to 
which  the  person  so  accused  belongs,  are  required,  except  in  time  of  war, 
upon  application  duly  made  by  or  in  behalf  of  the  party  injured,  to  use 
their  utmost  endeavors  to  deliver  him  over  to  the  civil  magistrate,  and  to 
aid  the  officers  of  justice  in  apprehending  and  securing  him,  in  order  to 
bring  him  to  trial.  If,  upon  such  application,  any  officer  refuses  or  wil- 
fully neglects,  except  in  time  of  war,  to  deliver  over  such  accused  person  to 
the  civil  magistrates,  or  to  aid  the  officers  of  justice  in  apprehending  him, 
he  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

Art.  60.  Any  person  in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  who 
makes  or  causes  to  be  made  any  claim  against  the  United  States,  or  any 
officer  thereof,  knowing  such  claim  to  be  false  or  fraudulent ;  or 

Who  presents  or  causes  to  be  presented  to  any  person  in  the  civil  or 
military  service  thereof,  for  approval  or  payment,  any  claim  against  the 
United  States  or  any  officer  thereof,  knovdng  such  claim  to  be  false  or 
fraudulent ;  or 

Who  enters  into  any  agreement  or  conspiracy  to  defraud  tne  United  States 
by  obtaining,  or  aiding  others  to  obtain,  the  allowance  or  payment  of  any 
false  or  fraudulent  claim ;  or 

Who,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining,  or  aiding  others  to  obtain,  the  approval, 
allowance,  or  payment  of  any  claim  against  the  United  States  or  against 
any  officer  thereof,  makes  or  uses,  or  procures  or  advises  the  making  or  use 
of,  any  writing,  or  other  paper,  knowing  the  same  to  contain  any  false  or 
fraudulent  statement ;  or 


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Who,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining,  or  aiding  others  to  obtain,  the  approval, 
allowance,  or  payment  of  any  claim  against  the  United  States  or  any  officer 
thereof,  makes,  or  procures  or  advises  the  making  of,  any  oath  to  any  fact 
or  to  any  writing  or  other  paper,  knowing  such  oath  to  be  false ;  or 

Who,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining,  or  aiding  others  to  obtain,  the  approval, 
allowance,  or  payment  of  any  claim  against  the  United  States  or  any  officer 
thereof,  forges  or  counterfeits,  or  procures  or  advises  the  forging  or  coun- 
terfeiting of,  any  signature  upon  any  writing  or  other  paper,  or  uses,  or 
procures  or  advises  the  use  of,  any  such  signature,  knowing  the  same  to 
be  forged  or  counterfeited ;  or 

Who,  having  charge,  possession,  custody  or  control  of  any  money  or  other 
property  of  the  United  States,  furnished  or  intended  for  the  military  service 
thereof,  knowingly  delivers,  or  causes  to  be  delivered,  to  any  person  having 
authority  to  receive  the  same,  any  amount  thereof  less  than  that  for  which 
he  receives  a  certificate  or  receipt ;  or 

Who,  being  authorized  to  make  or  deliver  any  paper  certifying  the  receipt 
of  any  property  of  the  United  States,  furnished  or  intended  for  the  military 
service  thereof,  makes,  or  delivers  to  any  person,  such  writing,  without 
having  full  knowledge  of  the  truth  of  the  statements  therein  contained,  and 
with  intent  to  defraud  the  United  States ;  or 

Who  steals,  embezzles,  knowingly  and  wilfully  misappropriates,  applies 
to  his  own  use  or  benefit,  or  wrongfully  or  knowingly  sells  or  disposes  of 
any  ordnance,  arms,  equipments,  ammunition,  clothing,  subsistence  store's, 
money,  or  other  property  of  the  United  States,  furnished  or  intended  for  the 
military  service  thereof ;  or 

Who  knowingly  purchases,  or  receives  in  pledge  for  any  obligation  or 
indebtedness,  from  any  soldier,  officer,  or  other  person  w^ho  is  a  part  of  or 
employed  in  said  forces  or  service,  any  ordnance,  arms,  equipments,  ammu- 
nition, clothing,  subsistence  stores,  or  other  property  of  the  United  States, 
such  soldier,  officer,  or  other  person  not  having  lawful  right  to  sell  or  pledge 
the  same. 

Shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  fine  or  imprisonment,  or  by 
such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  adjudge.  And  if  any  person, 
being  guilty  of  any  of  the  offenses  aforesaid,  while  in  the  military  service 
of  the  United  States,  receives  his  discharge,  or  is  dismissed  from  the  service, 
he  shall  continue  to  be  liable  to  be  arrested  and  held  for  trial  and  sentence 
by  a  court-martial,  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the  same  extent  as  if  he  had 
not  received  such  discharge  nor  been  dismissed. 

Art.  61.  Any  officer  who  is  convicted  of  conduct  unbecoming  an  officer 
and  a  gentleman  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

*Art.  62.  All  crimes  not  capital,  and  all  disorders  and  neglects,  which 
officers  and  soldiers  may  be  guilty  of,  to  the  prejudice  of  good  order  and 
military  discipline,  though  not  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  articles  of  war, 
are  to  be  taken  cognizance  of  by  a  general,  or  a  regimental,  garrison,  or  field 
officers'  court-martial,  according  to  the  nature  and  degree  of  the  offense, 
and  punished  at  the  discretion  of  such  court. 

*  Sec.  3.  That  fraudulent  enlistment,  and  the  receipt  of  any  pay  or  allowance  there- 
under, is  hereby  declared  a  military  offense  and  made  punishable  by  court-martial,  under 
the  Sixty-second  Article  of  War.— [Act  approved  July  27,  1892.] 


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Art.  63.  All  retainers  to  the  camp,  and  all  persons  serving  with  the  armies 
of  the  United  States  in  the  field,  though  not  enlisted  soldiers,  are  to  be 
subject  to  orders,  according  to  the  rules  and  discipline  of  war. 

Art.  64.  The  officers  and  soldiers  of  any  troops,  whether  militia  or  others, 
mustered  and  in  pay  of  the  United  States,  shall,  at  all  times  and  in  all 
places,  be  governed  by  the  articles  of  war,  and  shall  be  subject  to  be  tried 
by  courts-martial. 

Art.  65.  Officers  charged  with  crime  shall  be  arrested  and  confined  in 
their  barracks,  quarters,  or  tents,  and  deprived  of  their  swords  by  the  com- 
manding officer.  And  any  officer  who  leaves  his  confinement  before  he  is 
set  at  liberty  by  his  commanding  officer  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

Art.  66.  Soldiers  charged  with  crimes  shall  be  confined  until  tried  by 
court-martial,  or  released  by  proper  authority. 

Art.  67.  No  provost  marshal,  or  officer  commanding  a  guard,  shall  refuse 
to  receive  or  keep  any  prisoner  committed  to  his  charge  by  an  officer  belong- 
ing to  the  forces  of  the  United  States;  provided  the  officer  committing  shall, 
at  the  same  time,  deliver  an  account  in  writing,  signed  by  himself,  of  the 
crime  charged  against  the  prisoner. 

Art.  68.  Every  officer  to  whose  charge  a  prisoner  is  committed  shall, 
within  twenty-four  hours  after  such  commitment,  or  as  soon  as  he  is  reliever 
from  his  guard,  report  in  writing,  to  the  commanding  officer,  the  name  c 
such  prisoner,  the  crime  charged  against  him,  and  the  name  of  the  officer 
committing  him;  and, if  he  fails  to  make  such  report,  he  shall  be  punished 
as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  69.  Any  officer  who  presumes,  without  proper  authority,  to  release 
any  prisoner  committed  to  his  charge,  or  suffers  any  prisoner  so  committed 
to  escape,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Art.  70.  No  officer  or  soldier  put  in  arrest  shall  be  continued  in  confine- 
ment more  than  eight  days,  or  until  such  time  as  a  court-martial  can  be 
assembled. 

Art.  71.  When  an  officer  is  put  in  arrest  for  the  purpose  of  trial,  except 
at  remote  military  posts  or  stations,  the  officer  by  whose  order  he  is  arrested 
shall  see  that  a  copy  of  the  charges  on  which  he  is  to  be  tried  is  served  upon 
him  within  eight  days  after  his  arrest,  and  that  he  is  brought  to  trial  within 
ten  daj'S  thereafter,  unless  the  necessities  of  the  service  prevent  such  trial; 
and  then  he  shall  be  brought  to  trial  within  thirty  days  after  the  expiration 
of  said  ten  days.  If  a  copy  of  the  charges  be  not  served,  or  the  arrested 
officer  be  not  brought  to  trial,  as  herein  required,  the  arrest  shall  cease.  But 
officers  released  from  arrest,  under  the  provisions  of  this  article,  may  be  tried, 
whenever  the  exigencies  of  the  service  shall  permit,  within  twelve  months 
after  such  release  from  arrest. 

Art.  72.  Any  general  officer  commanding  an  army,  a  Territorial  Division 
or  a  Department,  or  colonel  commanding  a  separate  Department  may  appoint 
general  courts-martial  whenever  necessary.  But  when  any  such  commander 
is  the  accuser  or  prosecutor  of  any  officer  under  his  command  the  court  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  President;  and  its  proceedings  and  sentence  shall  be  sent 
directly  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  by  whom  they  shall  be  laid  before  the  Presi- 
dent, for  his  approval  or  orders  in  the  case.     [Act  approved  July  5, 1884.] 

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Art.  73.  In  time  of  war  the  commander  of  a  division,  or  of  a  separate 
brigade  of  troops,  shall  be  competent  to  appoint  a  general  court-martial. 
But  when  such  commander  is  the  accuser  or  prosecutor  of  any  person  under 
his  command,  the  court  shall  be  appointed  by  the  next  higher  commander. 

Art.  74.  Officers  who  may  appoint  a  court-martial  shall  be  competent  to 
appoint  a  judge-advocate  for  the  same. 

Art.  75.  General  courts-martial  may  consist  of  any  number  of  officers 
from  five  to  thirteen,  inclusive ;  but  they  shall  not  consist  of  less  than  thir- 
teen when  that  number  can  be  convened  without  manifest  injury  to  the 
service. 

Art.  76.  When  the  requisite  number  of  officers  to  form  a  general  court- 
martial  is  not  present  in  any  post  or  detachment,  the  commanding  officer 
shall,  in  cases  which  require  the  cognizance  of  such  a  court,  report  to  the 
commanding  officer  of  the  department,  who  shall,  thereupon,  order  a  court 
to  be  assembled  at  the  nearest  post  or  department  at  which  there  may  be 
such  a  requisite  number  of  officers,  and  shall  order  the  party  accused,  with 
necessary  witnesses,  to  be  transported  to  the  place  where  the  said  court  shall 
be  assembled. 

Art.  77.  Officers  of  the  Regular  Army  shall  not  be  competent  to  sit  on 
courts-martial  to  try  the  officers  or  soldiers  of  other  forces,  except  as  pro- 
vided m  Article  78. 

Art.  78.  Officers  of  the  Marine  Corps,  detached  for  service  with  the  Army 
by  order  of  the  President,  may  be  associated  with  officers  of  the  Regular 
Army  on  courts-martial  for  the  trial  of  offenders  belonging  to  the  Regular 
Army,  or  to  forces  of  the  Marine  Corps  so  detached ;  and  in  such  cases  the 
orders  of  the  senior  officer  of  either  corps,  who  may  be  present  and  duly 
authorized,  shall  be  obeyed. 

Art.  79.  Officers  shall  be  tried  only  by  general  courts-martial ;  and  no 
officer  shall,  when  it  can  be  avoided,  be  tried  by  officers  inferior  to  him  in 
rank. 

Art.  80.  In  time  of  war  a  field  officer  may  be  detailed  in  every  regiment, 
to  try  soldiers  thereof  for  offenses  not  capital ;  and  no  soldier,  serving  with 
his  regiment,  shall  be  tried  by  a  regimental  or  garrison  court-martial  when 
a  field  officer  of  his  regiment  may  be  so  detailed. 

Art.  81.  Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment  or  corps  shall,  subject  to 
the  provisions  of  Article  80,  be  competent  to  appoint,  for  his  own  regiment 
or  corps,  courts-martial,  consisting  of  three  officers,  to  try  offenses  not 
capital. 

Art.  82.  Every  officer  commanding  a  garrison,  fort,  or  other  place,  where 
the  troops  consist  of  different  corps,  shall,  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
Article  80,  be  competent  to  appoint,  for  such  garrison  or  other  place,  courts- 
martial,  consisting  of  three  officers,  to  try  offenses  not  capital. 

Art.  83.  Regimental  and  garrison  courts-martial,  and  field  officers  detailed 
to  try  offenders,  shall  not  have  power  to  try  capital  cases  or  commissioned 
officers,  or  to  inflict  a  fine  exceeding  one  month's  pay,  or  to  imprison  or  put 
to  hard  labor  any  noncommissioned  officer  or  soldier  for  a  longer  time 
than  one  month. 

Art.  84.  The  judge-advocate  shall  administer  to  each  member  of  the 
court,  before  they  proceed  upon  any  trial,  the  following  oath,  which  shall 


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also  be  taken  by  all  members  of  regimental  and  garrison  courts-martial : 
"Yon,  A  B,  do  swear  that  you  will  well  and  truly  try  and  determine, 
according  to  evidence,  the  matter  now  before  you,  between  the  United 
States  of  America  and  the  prisoner  to  be  tried,  and  that  you  will  duly 
administer  justice,  without  partiality,  fayor,  or  affection,  according  to  the 
provisions  of  the  rules  and  articles  for  the  government  of  the  armies  of  the 
United  States,  and  if  any  doubts  should  arise,  not  explained  by  said  articles, 
then  according  to  your  conscience,  the  best  of  your  understanding,  and  the 
custom  of  war  in  like  cases ;  and  you  do  further  swear  that  you  will  not 
diyulge  the  sentence  of  the  court  until  it  shall  be  published  by  the  proper 
authority,  except  to  the  judge-advocate  ;  neither  will  you  disclose  or  dis- 
cover the  vote  or  opinion  of  any  particular  member  of  the  court-martial, 
unless  required  to  give  evidence  thereof,  as  a  witness,  by  a  court  of  justice, 
in  a  due  course  of  law.  So  help  you  God."  [Act  approved  July  27, 1892.] 
Art.  85.  When  the  oath  has  been  administered  to  the  members  of  a  court- 
martial,  the  president  of  the  court  shall  administer  to  the  judge-advocate, 
or  person  officiating  as  such,  an  oath  in  the  following  form :  "  You,  A  B,  do 
swear  that  you  will  not  disclose  or  discover  the  vote  or  opinion  of  any  par- 
ticular member  of  the  court-martial,  unless  required  to  give  evidence  thereof, 
as  a  witness,  by  a  court  of  justice,  in  due  course  of  law;  nor  divulge  the 
sentence  of  the  court  to  an^''  but  the  proper  authority,  until  it  shall  be  duly 
disclosed  by  the  same.     So  help  you  God." 

Art.  86.  The  court-martial  may  punish,  at  discretion,  any  person  who  uses 
any  menacing  words,  signs,  or  gestures,  in  its  presence,  or  who  disturbs  its 
proceedings  by  any  riot  or  disorder. 

Art.  87.  All  members  of  a  court-martial  are  to  behave  with  decency  and 
calmness.  v 

Art.  88.  Members  of  a  court-martial  may  be  challenged  by  a  prisoner,  but 
only  for  cause  stated  to  the  court.  The  court  shall  determine  the  relevancy 
and  validity  thereof,  and  shall  not  receive  a  challenge  to  more  than  one  mem- 
ber at  a  time. 

Art.  89.  When  a  prisoner,  arraigned  before  a  general  court-martial,  from 
obstinacy  and  deliberate  design,  stands  mute,  or  answers  foreign  to  the  pur- 
pose, the  court  may  proceed  to  trial  and  judgment,  as  if  the  prisoner  had 
pleaded  not  guilty. 

Art.  90.  The  judge-advocate,  or  some  person  deputed  by  him,  or  by  the 
general  or  officer  commanding  the  Army,  detachment,  or  garrison,  shall 
prosecute  in  the  name  of  the  United  States,  but  when  the  prisoner  has  made 
his  plea,  he  shall  so  far  consider  himself  counsel  for  the  prisoner  as  to  object 
to  any  leading  question  to  any  of  the  witnesses,  and  to  any  question  to  the 
prisoner,  the  answer  to  which  might  tend  to  criminate  himself. 

*Art.  91.  The  deposition,  of  witnesses  residing  beyond  the  limits  of  the 
State,  Territory,  or  district  in  which  any  military  court  may  be  ordered  to 
sit,  if  taken  on  reasonable  notice  to  the  opposite  party  and  duly  authenti- 
cated, may  be  read  in  evidence  before  such  court  in  cases  not  capital. 

*  Sec.  4.  That  judge- advocates  of  departments  and  of  courts-martial,  and  the  trial  ofll- 
cers  of  summary  courts,  are  hereby  authorized  to  administer  oaths  for  the  purposes  of 
the  administration  of  military  justice,  and  for  other  purposes  of  military  administra- 
tion.—[Act  approved  July  27, 1892.] 


228  ARTICLES    OF    WAR. 

Art.  92.  All  persons  who  give  evidence  before  a  court-martial  shall  be 
examined  on  oath,  or  affirmation,  in  the  following  form:  "  You  swear  (or 
affirm)  that  the  evidence  you  shall  give,  in  the  case  now  in  hearing,  shall 
be  the  truth,  the  whole  truth,  and  nothing  but  the  truth.    So  help  you  God. " 

Art.  93.  A  court-martial  shall,  for  reasonable  cause,  grant  a  continuance 
to  either  party,  for  such  time,  and  as  often  as  may  appear  to  be  just :  Pro- 
vided, That  if  the  prisoner  be  in  close  confinement,  the  trial  shall  not  be 
delayed  for  a  period  longer  than  sixty  days. 

Art.  94.  Proceedings  of  trials  shall  be  carried  on  only  between  the  hours 
of  eight  in  the  morning  and  three  in  the  afternoon,  excepting  in  cases  which, 
in  the  opinion  of  the  officer  appointing  the  court,  require  immediate  example. 

Art.  95.  Members  of  a  court-martial,  in  giving  their  votes,  shall  begin 
with  the  youngest  in  commission. 

Art.  96.  No  person  shall  be  sentenced  to  suffer  death,  except  by  the  con- 
currence of  two- thirds  of  the  members  of  a  general  court-martial,  and  in  the 
cases  herein  expressly  mentioned. 

Art.  97.  No  person  in  the  military  service  shall,  under  the  sentence  of 
a  court-martial,  be  punished  by  confinement  in  a  penitentiary,  unless  the 
offense  of  which  he  may  be  convicted  would,  by  some  statute  of  the  United 
States,  or  by  some  statute  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  in  which  such 
offense  may  be  committed,  or  by  the  common  law,  as  the  same  exists  in  such 
State,  Territory,  or  District,  subject  such  convict  to  such  punishment. 

Art.  98.  No  person  in  the  military  service  shall  be  punished  by  flogging, 
or  by  branding,  marking,  or  tattooing  on  the  body. 

Art.  99.  No  officer  shall  be  discharged  or  dismissed  from  the  service,  ex- 
cept by  order  of  the  President,  or  by  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial; 
and  in  time  of  peace  no  officer  shall  be  dismissed,  except  in  pursuance  of 
the  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  or  in  mitigation  thereof. 

Art.  100.  When  an  officer  is  dismissed  from  the  service  for  cowardice  or 
fraud,  the  sentence  shall  further  direct  that  the  crime,  punishment,  name, 
and  place  of  abode  of  the  delinquent  shall  be  published  in  the  newspapers  in 
and  about  the  camp,  and  in  the  State  from  which  the  offender  came,  or 
where  he  usually  resides  ;  and  after  such  publication  it  shall  be  scandalous 
for  an  officer  to  associate  with  him. 

Art.  101.  When  a  court-martial  suspends  an  officer  from  command,  it 
may  also  suspend  his  pay  and  emoluments  for  the  same  time,  according  to 
the  nature  of  his  offense. 

Art.  102.  No  person  shall  be  tried  a  second  time  for  the  same  offense. 

Art.  103.  No  person  shall  be  liable  to  be  tried  and  punished  by  a  general 
court-martial  for  any  offense  which  appears  to  have  been  committed  more 
than  two  years  before  the  issuing  of  the  order  for  such  trial,  unless,  by  rea- 
son of  having  absented  himself,  or  of  some  other  manifest  impediment,  he 
shall  not  have  been  amenable  to  justice  within  that  period. 

No  person  shall  be  tried  or  punished  by  a  court-martial  for  desertion  in 
time  of  peace  and  not  in  the  face  of  an  enemy,  committed  more  than  two 
years  before  the  arraignment  of  such  person  for  such  offense,  unless  he  shall 
meanwhile  have  absented  himself  from  the  United  States,  in  which  case  the 
time  of  his  absence  shall  be  excluded  in  computing  the  period  of  the  limita- 
tion :  Provided,  That  said  limitation  shall  not  begin  until  the  end  of  the 
term  for  which  said  person  was  mustered  into  the  service.  [Act  approved 
April  11,  1890.] 


ARTICLES    OF    WAR.  229 

Art.  104.  No  sentence  of  a  court-martial  shall  be  carried  into  execution 
until  the  same  shall  have  been  approved  by  the  officer  ordering  the  court, 
or  by  the  officer  commanding  for  the  time  being.  [Act  approved  July  27, 
1892.] 

Art.  105.  No  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  inflicting  the  punishment  of 
death,  shall  be  carried  into  execution  until  it  shall  have  been  confirmed  by 
the  President;  except  in  the  cases  of  persons  convicted,  in  time  of  war,  as 
spies,  mutineers,  deserters,  or  murderers,  and  in  the  cases  of  guerilla  maraud- 
ei's,  convicted,  in  time  of  war,  of  robbery,  burglary,  arson,  rape,  assault 
with  intent  to  commit  rape,  or  of  violation  of  the  laws  and  customs  of  war ; 
and  in  such  excepted  cases  the  sentence  of  death  may  be  carried  into  exe- 
cution upon  confirmation  by  the  commanding  general  in  the  field,  or  the 
commander  of  the  department,  as  the  case  may  be. 

Art.  106.  In  time  of  peace  no  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  directing  the 
dismissal  of  an  officer,  shall  be  carried  into  execution  until  it  shall  have 
been  confirmed  by  the  President. 

Art.  107.  No  sentence  of  a  court-martial  appointed  by  the  commander 
of  a  division  or  of  a  separate  brigade  of  troops,  directing  the  dismissal  of 
an  officer,  shall  be  carried  into  execution  until  it  shall  have  been  confirmed 
by  the  general  commanding  the  army  in  the  field  to  which  the  division  or 
brigade  belongs. 

Art.  108.  No  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  either  in  time  of  peace  or  in  time 
of  war,  respecting  a  general  officer,  shall  be  carried  into  execution  until  it 
shall  have  been  confirmed  by  the  President. 

Art.  109.  All  sentences  of  a  court-martial  may  be  confirmed  and  carried 
into  execution  by  the  officer  ordering  the  court,  or  by  the  officer  command- 
ing for  the  time  being,  where  confirmation  by  the  President,  or  by  the  com- 
manding general  in  the  field,  or  commander  of  the  department,  is  not 
required  by  the  articles. 

Art.  110.  No  sentence  adjudged  by  a  field  officer,  detailed  to  try  soldiers 
of  his  regiment,  shall  be  carried  into  execution  until  the  same  shall  have 
been  approved  by  the  brigade  commander,  or,  in  case  there  be  no  brigade 
commander,  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  or  camp.  [Act  approved 
July  27,  1892.] 

Art.  111.  Any  officer  who  has  authority  to  carry  into  execution  the  sen- 
tence of  death,  or  of  dismissal  of  an  officer,  may  suspend  the  same  until  the 
pleasure  of  the  President  shall  be  known;  and,  in  such  case,  he  shall  imme- 
diately transmit  to  the  President  a  copy  of  the  order  of  suspension,  together 
with  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  the  court. 

Art.  112.  Every  officer  who  is  authorized  to  order  a  general  court-martial 
shall  have  power  to  pardon  or  mitigate  any  punishment  adjudged  by  it, 
except  the  punishment  of  death  or  of  dismissal  of  an  officer.  Every  officer 
commanding  a  regiment  or  garrison  in  which  a  regimental  or  garrison 
court-martial  may  be  held,  shall  have  power  to  pardon  or  mitigate  any 
punishment  which  such  court  may  adjudge. 

Art.  113.  Every  judge-advocate,  or  person  acting  as  such,  at  any  general 
court-martial,  shall,  with  as  much  expedition  as  the  opportunity  of  time 
and  distance  of  place  may  admit,  forward  the  original  proceedings  and  sen- 
tence of  such  court  to  the  Judge- Advocate-General  of  the  Army,  in  whose 
office  they  shall  be  carefully  preserved. 


230  ARTICLES    OF    WAR. 

Art.  114.  Every  party  tried  by  a  general  court-martial  shall,  upon  de- 
mand thereof,  made  by  himself  or  by  any  person  in  his  behalf,  be  entitled  to 
a  copy  of  the  proceedings  and  sentence  of  such  court. 

Art.  115.  A  court  of  inquiry,  to  examine  into  the  nature  of  any  transac- 
tion of,  or  accusation  or  imputation  against,  any  officer  or  soldier,  may  be 
ordered  by  the  President  or  by  any  commanding  officer ;  but,  as  courts  of 
inquiry  may  be  perverted  to  dishonorable  purposes,  and  may  be  employed, 
in  the  hands  of  weak  and  envious  commandants,  as  engines  for  the  destruc- 
tion of  military  merit,  they  shall  never  be  ordered  by  any  commanding 
officer,  except  upon  a  demand  by  the  officer  or  soldier  whose  conduct  is  to  be 
inquired  of. 

Art.  116.  A  court  of  inquiry  shall  consist  of  one  or  more  officers,  not 
exceeding  three,  and  a  recorder,  to  reduce  the  proceedings  and  evidence 
to  writing. 

Art.  117.  The  recorder  of  a  court  of  inquiry  shall  administer  to  the 
members  the  following  oath:  "You  shall  well  and  truly  examine  and 
Inquire,  according  to  the  evidence,  into  the  matter  now  before  you,  without 
partiality, favor,  affection,  prejudice,  or  hope  of  reward :  so  help  you  God." 
After  which  the  president  of  the  court  shall  administer  to  the  recorder  the 
following  oath:  "You,  A  B,  do  swear  that  you  will,  according  to  your 
best  abilities,  accurately  and  impartially  record  the  proceedings  of  the  court 
and  the  evidence  to  be  given  in  the  case  in  hearing :  so  help  you  God." 

Art.  118.  A  court  of  inquiry,  and  the  recorder  thereof,  shall  have  the 
same  power  to  summon  and  examine  witnesses  as  is  given  to  courts-martial 
and  the  judge-advocates  thereof.  Such  witnesses  shall  take  the  same  oath 
which  is  taken  by  witnesses  before  courts-martial,  and  the  party  accused 
shall  be  permitted  to  examine  and  cross-examine  them,  so  as  fully  to  inves- 
tigate the  circumstances  in  question. 

Art.  119.  A  court  of  inquiry  shall  not  give  an  opinion  on  the  merits  of 
the  case  inquired  of  unless  specially  ordered  to  do  so. 

Art.  120.  The  proceedings  of  a  court  of  inquiry  must  be  authenticated 
by  the  signatures  of  the  recorder  and  the  president  thereof,  and  delivered 
to  the  commanding  officer. 

Art.  121.  The  proceedings  of  a  court  of  inquiry  may  be  admitted  as  evi- 
dence by  a  court-martial,  in  cases  not  capital,  nor  extending  to  the  dismissal 
of  an  officer:  Provided,  That  the  circumstances  are  such  that  oral  testi- 
mony cannot  be  obtained. 

Art.  122.  If,  upon  marches,  guards,  or  in  quarters,  different  corps  of  the 
Army  happen  to  join  or  do  duty  together,  the  officer  highest  in  rank  of  the 
line  of  the  Army,  Marine  Corps,  or  militia,  by  commission,  there  on  duty 
or  in  quarters,  shall  command  the  whole,  and  give  orders  for  what  is  need- 
ful to  the  service,  unless  otherwise  specially  directed  by  the  President, 
according  to  the  nature  of  the  case. 

Art.  123.  In  all  matters  relating  to  the  rank,  duties,  and  rights  of  officers, 
the  same  rules  and  regulations  shall  apply  to  officers  of  the  Regular  Army 
and  to  volunteers  commissioned  in,  or  mustered  into  said  service,  under  the 
laws  of  the  United  States,  for  a  limited  period. 

Art.  124.  Officers  of  the  militia  of  the  several  States,  when  called  into 
the  service  of  the  United  States,  shall  on  all  detachments,  courts-martial, 
and  other  duty  wherein  they  may  be  employed  in  conjunction  with  the  reg- 


ARTICLES    OF   WAR.  231 

ular  or  volunteer  forces  of  the  United  States,  take  rank  next  after  all  officers 
of  the  like  grade  in  said  regular  or  volunteer  forces,  notwithstanding  the 
commissions  of  such  militia  officers  may  be  older  than  the  commissions  of 
the  said  officers  of  the  regular  or  volunteer  forces  of  the  United  States. 

Art.  125.  In  case  of  the  death  of  any  officer,  the  major  of  his  regiment,  or 
the  officer  doing  the  major's  duty,  or  the  second  officer  in  command  at  any 
post  or  garrison,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  immediately  secure  all  his  effects 
then  in  camp  or  quarters,  and  shall  make,  and  transmit  to  the  office  of  the 
Department  of  War,  an  inventory  thereof. 

Art.  126.  In  case  of  the  death  of  any  soldier,  the  commanding  officer  of 
his  troop,  battery,  or  company  shall  immediately  secure  all  his  effects  then 
in  camp  or  quarters,  and  shall,  in  the  presence  of  two  other  officers,  make 
an  inventory  thereof,  which  he  shall  transmit  to  the  office  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  War. 

Art.  127.  Officers  charged  with  the  care  of  the  effects  of  deceased  officers 
or  soldiers  shall  account  for  and  deliver  the  same,  or  the  proceeds  thereof, 
to  the  legal  representatives  of  such  deceased  officers  or  soldiers.  And  no 
officer  so  charged  shall  be  permitted  to  quit  the  regiment  or  post  until  he 
has  deposited  in  the  hands  of  the  commanding  officer  all  the  effects  of  such 
deceased  officers  or  soldiers  not  so  accounted  for  and  delivered. 

Art.  128.  The  foregoing  articles  shall  be  read  and  published,  once  in  every 
six  months,  to  every  garrison,  regiment,  troop,  or  company  in  the  service  of 
the  United  States,  and  shall  be  duly  observed  and  obeyed  by  all  officers  and 
soldiers  in  said  service. 

Sec.  1343,  Revised  Statutes.  All  persons  who,  in  time  of  war,  or  of  rebel- 
lion against  the  supreme  authority  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  found  lurk- 
ing or  acting  as  spies,  in  or  about  any  of  the  fortifications,  posts,  quarters, 
or  encampments  of  any  of  the  armies  of  the  United  States,  or  elsewhere, 
shall  be  triable  by  a  general  court-martial,  or  by  a  military  commission,  and 
shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  suffer  death. 


INDEX. 

[References  are  to  Paragraphs  and  Articles  of  War  (pp.2l7-231)  by  their  numbers.    An 
Article  of  War  is  indicated  by  the  letters  A.  W.,  followed  by  the  number  of  the  article.] 


Abandoning  Post: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  42. 
Abatement : 

Term  of  confinement,  915. 
Absence  Without  Leave : 

Absenting  from  company,  A.  "W.  32. 

Convictions,  126, 127, 133. 

Forfeitures,  133. 

Less  thau  one  day,  133. 

Lying  out  of  quarters,  A.  W.  31. 

One  mile  from  camp,  A.  "W.  34. 

Parade,  etc.,  A.  W.  33. 

Quarters  or  tent,  A.  W.  35. 

Quitting  guard,  etc.,  A.  "W.  40. 
Absent  from  Muster: 

Certificates,  A.  W.  12, 13. 
Abstracts  of  Proposals : 

Accepted  quantity  and  price  to  be  noted,  547. 

Disposition  of  copies,  541,  548. 

Preparation,  etc.,  539. 

Proposals  to  accompany,  as  vouchers,  540. 

Rejections,  543-547. 
Abuses : 

Correction,  etc.,  by  oflicer,  A.  W.  54. 
Abusive  Language  t 

Use  of,  by  superiors,  3. 
Accountability : 

Money.    See  Money  Accountability. 

Property.    See  Property  Accountability. 
Accounts,  Advertising : 

Preparation  and  presentation,  507,  508. 

Unsettled  and  outstanding,  509. 
Accounts,  Bakery  Fund : 

Audited,  299. 

Inspected,  2C8. 
Accounts,  Company  Fund  : 

Duties  company  commander,  301. 

Inspection,  301. 
Accounts,  Medical  Attendance,  etc.: 

Attendance,  1453, 1456. 

Chronic  complaints,  1456. 

Civilian  physicians'  charges,  1459. 

Consultations,  1456. 

Families  and  servants,  1456. 

Hospital  stores,  1456. 

Medicines,  1454, 1455. 

Mineral  waters,  1456. 

Officers  and  men  not  on  duty,  1456. 

Payment,  1452. 

Private  hospitals,  1457. 


Accounts,  Medical  Attendance,  etc.— Cont'd. 

Proprietary  medicines,  1456. 

Recruiting  service,  1458. 

Reimbursements  to  officers,  1456. 

Rendition  and  forwarding,  1452. 

Surgical  appliances,  1456. 
Accounts,  Mess  Fund : 

Audited,  303. 
Accounts,  National  Homes : 

Supervision  and  control,  865. 
Accounts,  Pay,  etc.: 

Clothing,  1178-1185,  1192,  1407. 

Deserters,  119. 

Detached  enlisted  men,  105. 

Officers,  1298,  1300,  1303,  1307, 1316. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff",  101. 
Accounts,  Printing : 

Preparation  and  presentation,  507,  508,  511. 
Accounts,  Regimental  Fund : 

Kept  in  regimental  fund  book,  295. 
Accounts,  Telegraph  and  Telephone : 

Preparation,  etc.,  644, 1208, 1209, 1211-1217. 
Accounts,  Transportation : 

Applicants,  artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1409-1471. 

Bond-aided  railroads,  1129,  1161,  1162. 

Department  or  bureau  supplies,  1129. 

Ferries,  turnpikes,  and  bridges,  1107, 1108. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  175. 

Land-grant  railroads,  1129, 1161, 1162. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  1116. 

Payment,  etc.,  1143, 1150-1160. 

Street  car,  1108. 
Accounts  Current: 

See  Money  Accounts. 
Accoutrements : 

Barracks,  regulation,  268. 

Care  and  preservation,  270, 271. 

Leather  dressing  or  polishing  material,  277. 

Patients  iu  hospitals,  1438. 

Sales.  1501, 1502. 
Acting  Assistant  Surgeons : 

See  Contract  Surgeon, 
Acting  Hospital  Stewards : 

Examination  and  appointment,  1397. 

Field  service,  1421. 

Qualifications,  1397. 

Quota  for  posts,  etc.,  1409, 1411 . 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Re-enlistments,  1404. 
J       Revocation  of  detail,  14C2. 

233 


234 


INDEX. 


4cting  Inspectors-General : 

Duties,  etc.     See  Inspectors-General. 
Acting  J udg(- Advocates  of  Departments  : 

Duties,  etc.     See  Judge- Adv.  of  Depts. 

Rank,  pay,  and  allowances,  I'iOl. 
Additional  Pay,  Officers: 

Acting  commissaries  of  subsistence,  1304. 

Mounted  service,  1301. 

Officers  holdingtwo  staff  appointments,  1305. 

Quartermaster  of  a  regiment,  1305. 
Adjutant-General,  Army: 

Adjutants  of  regiments,  233. 

Admission  to  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C,  174. 

Alterations,  strength  of  commands,  795. 

Appointment  and  promotion  of  officers,  20. 

Artillery  instruction,  463. 

Barracks  and  quarters  and  furniture,  977. 

Bimonthly  reports  of  enlisted  strength,  791. 

Candidates  for  promotion,  20, 28. 

Captured  propertj',  798. 

Casualties,  797. 

Certificates  of  disabilitj',  154. 

Certificates  of  merit,  181. 

Chaplains'  reports,  40. 

Civil  counsel,  968. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1170. 

College  details,  86. 

Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  223, 224. 

Company  books  and  records,  264. 

Condemned  property,  882. 

Corrections  and  changes,  muster  rolls,  788. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  81-83,  85, 158- 
162;  A,  W.  125, 126. 

Department  commanders,  195. 

Deserters,  117, 120, 121, 130, 134. 

Desertion,  special  reports,  116. 

Discharge  by  purchase,  144. 

Efficiency  reports,  807-809. 

Escaped  general  prisoners,  128. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  108. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  748, 750. 

Honor  graduates,  service  schools,  466. 

Insane  soldiers,  469-471, 473. 

Inspection  reports,  810, 870,  872. 

Leaves  of  absence,  46,  57, 63. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344.  ' 

Loss  of  special  funds,  292. 

Manual»of  Heavy  Artillery,  353. 

Military  information  reports,  56. 

Models,  official  correspondence,  760. 

Monthly  list  of  absentees,  1319. 

Musicians,  249. 

!N^avy  or  Marine  Corps  deserters,  134. 

Officers  under  arrest,  899. 

Official  correspondence,  762. 

Orders,  armies  or  departments,  782. 

Orders  to  inspectors,  858. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1515. 

Ordnance  officers,  1489. 

Patients  discharged  from  hospitals,  1439. 

Paymasters,  1297. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1349. 

Personal  reports,  805. 


Adjutant-General,  Army— Ccmtinued. 

Post  exchanges,  326. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  92, 101-103. 

Post  records,  209. 

Post  schools,  319,  320. 

Property  loaned  mail  contractor,  207. 

Records,  discontinued  commands,  800. 

Recruiting  service,  818-856, 1170, 1400. 

Regimental  instruction,  231. 

Regimental  recor/l.s,  243. 

Resignation  of  officers,  77. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  135-137, 139. 

Returns  of  captured  property,  798. 

Returns  of  casualties,  797. 

Returns  of  troops,  789-796. 

Service  reports,  806. 

Signal  Corps  officers,  1538. 

Staff  officers  and  men,  737,  738. 

Students,  service  schools,  463, 465. 

Temporary  duty  of  officers  on  leave,  1320. 

"Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  971. 
Adjutant  General's  Department : 

Bureau  of  orders  and  records,  748. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  17. 
See  also  Adjxitant-Gcneral,  Army. 
Adjutant-General's  Office: 

Business,  duties,  and  records,  748,  749. 

Registry  of  officers,  804. 
Adjutants-General  of  Departments: 

Detachment  formation,  380. 

Detail  and  duties,  196, 197. 

Estimates  for  funds,  Q.  M.  Department,  975. 

Post  schools,  320. 
Adjutants  of  Posts : 

Detachment  formation,  380. 

Detail  and  duties,  203. 

Euel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Morning  reports,  388. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  784. 

Summary  court  records,  929. 
Adjutants  of  Regiments: 

Appointment,  etc.,  233. 

Assignments  to  company  or  staff  duty,  240. 

Band  instruments,  248. 

Company  order  books,  264. 

Forage,  1044. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  23C-238. 

Morning  reports,  388. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  259. 

Qualifications  and  pay,  233-235. 

Tenure  of  office,  234. 

Treasurer  of  regimental  fund,  295. 
Admirals  : 

Rank  with  generals,  12. 
Advertisements : 

Accounts,  507-509. 

Authority  to  publish,  503,  504. 

Circulars,  520,  524. 

Claims  for  unauthorized,  508. 

Insertions  and  intervals  between,  504,  506. 

Limitation  of  publication,  505. 

Lists  of  designated  papers,  501. 


INDEX. 


235 


Ad  vertisements— Continued . 

Model,  502. 

Periods,  505, 520. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  502. 

Kates,  officially  designated  papers,  500. 

Sales  of  property,  505. 

Sunday  editions,  504. 

Supplies  and  services,  505, 520-524. 

Wording  and  matter,  502,  521. 
Advising  to  Desert : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  51. 
Agents,  Indian : 

Animals  of  Indians,  477. 
Agents,  Military : 

Issue  of  public  property,  673. 

Misconduct,  863. 

National  cemeteries,  492. 

Purchases,  etc.,  of  supplies,  589. 
Agents  of  Firms,  etc. : 

Proposals  signed  by,  530. 

Keceipts  for  money,  641. 
Aids: 

Allowance  to  general  officers,  33. 

Captains  eligible  for  appointment,  251. 

Department  commanders,  196. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Aliens : 

Enlistment  prohibited,  825. 
Allotments : 

Barracks  and  quarters,  984. 

Contingent  expenses,  197. 

Draft  and  pack  animals,  1071. 

Extra-duty  pay  funds,  164. 

Funds,  civilian  employees,  726. 
Allowances : 

Ammunition,  small-arms,  360,  361. 

Baggage,  1099-1102. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1163, 1181. 

Engineer  officers,  1484. 

Engineer  troops,  1476. 

Extra  pay  of  cooks,  etc.,  302. 

Forage  to  officers,  1044, 1045. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  36, 138, 183,  285,  304,  313,  998- 
1011, 1484. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1013-1022. 

Indian  scouts,  481. 

Militarj^  attaches,  36. 

Quarters,  984-997, 1008. 

Kations,  1252,1253. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138. 

Spring  -wagons  at  posts,  1074. 

Stationery,  1023-1027. 

Straw  for  bedding,  1048, 1049. 

Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils,  285. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  183. 
Alterations : 

Bills  of  lading,  1139. 

Blank  forms,  1552. 

Fortifications  or  appurtenances,  1485. 

Hospitals,  1426-1429. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  788. 

Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1427, 1428. 

Strength  of  separate  commands,  795. 

Transportation  requests,  1095. 


Ambassadors : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408,  409,  418. 
Ambulances : 

Allowance  for  posts,  1414. 

Control  and  use.  1415. 

Drivers,  1416. 

Equipments,  harness,  etc.,  1414, 1416. 

Field  service,  1422. 

Flags  and  guidons,  214. 

Furnished  by  Q.  M.  Department,  1076, 1415. 

Inspections,  1419. 

Issues  and  repairs,  1415. 

Service  in  time  of  war,  1396. 
Ammunition : 

Artillery  instruction  and  practice,  354. 

Breech-loading,  Indian  country,  478. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 

Expenditures,  1511-1514. 

Hospitals,  1438. 

Hunting  purposes,  360, 363, 1509, 1514. 

Issues,  1507, 1508, 

Lost  or  damaged,  1513. 

Sales,  1501, 1502, 1506, 1507, 1509. 

Small-arms  practice,  359-361. 

Values  of  small -arms,  and  parts,  359. 
Animals: 

Grazing  about  fortifications,  328. 

Ownership  of  Indian,  477. 

Public.    See  Public  Animals. 
Appeals : 

Commissioned  officers,  A.  W.  29. 

Department  commanders,  194. 

Enlisted  men,  A.  W.  30. 

Pecuniary  responsibilities,  289,  292. 

Poster  duties  365. 
Appointments : 

Commissioned  officers.  20-31. 

Company  non-com.  officers,  257, 258,  260, 482. 

Dates  determine  precedence,  9. 

General  courts-martial,  A.  "W.  72,  73,  76. 

Hospital  and  acting  hospital  stewards,  1397. 

Judge-advocates,  courts-martial,  A.  W.  74. 

Lance  corporals,  257. 

Non-com.  officers,  Indian  scouts,  482. 

Ordnance  corps,  1489, 1490. 

Payments  to  officers,  1306. 

Personal  staff,  general  officer,  32, 33. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  91, 92, 94, 95. 

Records,  etc.,  748. 

Regimental    staff    and     noncommissioned 
staff,  233-241. 

Signal  Corps,  1538. 

Surgeons  and  assistant  surgeons,  1394. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  42, 43. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  182. 
Appropriations: 

Contingent  expenses,  621. 

Determined,  622. 

Fiscal  year,  617-619, 623-625. 

Intrusted  to  Secretary  of  War,  736. 

No  limit,  623. 

Outstanding  liabilities,  603. 

Remittances  of  funds,  618. 


236 


INDEX. 


Appropriations— Contiuued. 

Keversion  to,  of  certain  moneys,  614. 

Separate  accounts  for  different  years,  (520. 

Transfer  from  one  to  another,  595. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  85. 

Use  of  moneys,  expenditures,  etc..  515,  579. 
Arm  Cliests : 

Accountability,  1523. 

Disposition  of  surplus,  1523. 

Packing  for  transportation,  1527-1529. 
Armories : 

Absence  of  commanding  officer,  1491. 

Annual  inspection,  868. 

Construction  and  repairs,  705,  706. 

Efficiency  reports  of  commanders,  807. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  703. 

Establishment  and  maintenance,  1488. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1493,  1494,  1496. 
Arms: 

Alterations,  taking  apart,  etc.,  276. 

Barracks,  regulation,  268, 276. 

Breech-ioading,  Indian  country,  478. 

Care  and  preservation,  270,  271. 

Casting  away,  A.  W.  42. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  "W.  60. 

Eurloughed  soldiers,  112. 

Issues,  1507, 1508. 

Militia,  1131. 

Packing  for  transportation,  1527 

Patients  in  hospitals,  1438. 

Sales,  1501, 1502, 1506, 1507. 

Tompions  in  small-arms,  276. 

Transportation  of  loaded,  1527. 
Arms  of  Service: 

Precedence  on  occasions  of  ceremonies,  6. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  42. 
Army  and  Navy  Hospital,  Hot  Springs,  Ark.: 

Admission  and  treatment  of  patients,  155. 
Army  Corps : 

Candles  for  headquarters,  1265. 

Commander,  790. 

Command  of  mixed,  A.  "W.  122. 

Oi'ganization  in  time  of  peace,  189. 

Returns  of  strengtli,  790.  794-796. 

Senior  engineer  officer,  1478. 
Army  Dispensaries: 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006, 

Supply  of  medicines,  1450, 1451, 1455. 
Army  Medical  Museum : 

Transpoi-tation  of  donations,  1130. 
Army  Medical  Scliool : 

Inspection,  869. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Organization,  etc.,  468. 

Special  regulations,  p.  iii,  468. 
Army  Register: 

Honor  graduates,  service  schools,  466. 

Preiiaration  and  distribution.  748. 
Army  SerTice  Men,  Q.  M.  Department: 

Extra  duty  details,  167. 
Arraignment : 

Prisoners,  A.  W.  89. 


Arrest  and  Confinement : 

Commanders,  of  guard,  A.  "W.  67-69. 

Enlisted  men,  903-916,  A.  W.  66,  70. 

Escape  of  prisoners,  A.  W.  69. 

iNoncommissioned  officers,  902,  904-906. 

Officers,  897-902,  A.  W.,  05,  70,  71 . 

Kelease  without  authority,  A.  W.  69. 
Arrest  of  Noncommissioned  OlHcers : 

Confinement,  904. 

Inquiry  into  offense,  905. 

Place  on  the  march,  902. 

Report  of,  to  immediate  commander,  906. 
Arrest  of  OflHcers : 

Breach  of  arrest,  A.  W.  65. 

By  whom  and  how  imposed,  897,  A.  W.  65. 

Civil  authorities,  1314. 

Close  confinement,  898. 

Extension  of  limits,  898. 

Light  offenses,  899. 

Limitation,  A.  W.  70,  71. 

Medical  officers,  900. 

Place  on  the  march,  902. 

Release  without  charges,  899,  A.  W.  71. 

Requirements  while  under,  898,  901. 
Arsenals : 

Absence  of  commanding  officer,  1491. 

Annual  inspection,  868. 

Arm  chests,  1523. 

Construction  and  repairs,  705,  706. 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Efficiency  reports,  commanders,  807. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  703,  706. 

Establishment  and  maintenance,  1488. 

Hospital  corps,  1411. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1493,  1494,  1496. 

Plats  of  land,  707. 

Supervision  or  control,  190. 

Surplus  ordnance  stores,  1515,  1516. 

Travel  allowance  of  officers,  1333. 

Unserviceable  ordnance  stores,    1518-1521. 
Arson : 

Punishment  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Articles  of  War : 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  W.  31-35,  40. 

Abuses  and  disorders,  A.  W.  54. 

Appeals,  A.  W.  29,  30. 

Armies  to  be  governed,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Arrest  and  confinement,  A.  W.  65-71. 

Conduct  prejudicial,  A.  W.  62. 

Courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W.  115-121. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  A.  W.  125-127. 

Definitions  of  words,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Desertion.  A.  W.  47-51. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  A.  W.  4. 

Discharge  or  dismissal  of  officers,  A.  W.  99. 

Disrespect  and  contempt,  A.  W.  19,  20. 

Divine  serA-ice.  A.  W.  52. 

Drunkenness  on  duty,  A.  W.  38. 

Dueling,  A.  W.  26-28. 

Evidence,  courts-martial,  A.  W.  91, 92, 121. 

Field  officers'  courts,  A,  "W.  80,  83. 

Frauds  and  embezzlement,  A.W.  60. 


INDEX. 


237 


irticles  of  War— Continued. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men.  A.  "W.  11. 

General  courts-martial,  A.W.  72,  73, 75,  76,  78. 

Hiring  of  duty,  A.  W.  36,  37. 

Judge-advocates,  A.  W.  74,  84,  85, 90, 113. 

Jurisdiction  military  courts,  A.  W.  58,  60,  62- 
64,  79-83, 102, 103. 

Misconduct  in  time  of  war,  A.  W.  41,  42, 
44-40, 57, 100. 

Musters,  A.  W.  5,  6, 12-14. 

Mutiny  and  sedition,  A.  W.  21-24, 43. 

Proceeding.s  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  86-95, 
113,114. 

Profanity,  A.  AY.  53. 

Property  accountability,  A.  W.  9, 10, 15-17. 

Provisions  and  necessaries,  A.  W.  18, 56. 

Publication  to  Array,  A.  W.  128. 

Quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  A.  W.  24, 25- 

Rank  and  command,  A.  W.  122-124. 

Recruits  and  recruiting,  832 ;  A.  W.  2,  3. 

Regimental  and  garrison  courts,  A.W.  81-83. 

Returns  of  troops  and  property,  A.  W.  7, 8. 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  38,  61, 
96-98,100,101,104-112. 

Sentinels,  A.  "W.  39. 

Spies,  p.  231,  sec.  1343,  R.  S. 

Subordination  to  civil  authority,  A.W.  55, 59. 

Subscribed  to  by  all  otficers,  A.  "W.  1. 
Artiflcers : 

Ai)pointment,  etc.,  260. 

Definition,  262. 

Extra  duty  details  and  pay,  168. 

Shoeing  artillery  and  cavalry  horses,  1008. 
Artifleial  Limbs  and  Appliances : 

Classes  entitled,  1467. 

Commutation,  1467. 

Transportation  of  applicants,  146S-1471. 
Artillery : 

Batteries  of  light,  221,  344,345,377,463, 1068, 
1077.  •      • 

Battery  called  company,  227. 

Colors  and  guidons,  216,  222. 

Competitions,  352. 

Funeral  escort.  4-10. 

Horses,  1030, 1032, 1034, 1065, 1067, 1068. 

Inspection  of  field,  266. 

Inspector,  196,  350. 

Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery,  353. 

Position,  etc.,  of  guns  infixed  batteries,  348. 

Practice.  348-356, 1534. 

Precedence,  6. 

Preservation  and  care  of  material,  343, 1536. 
Artillery  School : 

Civilian  employees,  725. 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Detachment  of  officers,  191. 

Honor  graduates,  466. 

Inspection,  869. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men,  462, 463. 

Organization,  462. 

Special  regulations,  462. 

Supervision  or  control,  190, 462. 


Artisans : 

Extra-duty  pay,  165. 
Assault  and  Battery,  with  Intent,  etc.: 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.W.  58. 
Assemblages  of  Persons : 

Suppression  of  unlawful,  487,  p.  67. 
Assignments : 

Captains,  light  batteries,  345. 

Chaplains,  38,  39. 

Commanding  officers,  13. 

Company  commander,  254. 

Company  officers,  228. 

Department  commanders,  189. 

Lieutenants,  instruction  batteries,  344, 463. 

Post  noncommis-sioned  staff,  98. 

Public  animals  to  riders  or  drivers,  1036. 

Recruits  to  regiments,  849-853. 

Regimental  field  and  staff  officers,  232,  240. 

Staff,  corps,  officers,  and  men,  738. 
Assistant  Adjutants  General : 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Promotions,  22. 
Assistant  Commissary-General  of  Subsistence: 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Assistant  Instructors : 

Service  schools,  462, 464,  467,  468. 
Assistant  Paymaster-General : 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Assistant  (^nartermaster-General : 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Assistant  Quartermasters : 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Assistant  Secretary  of  IVar: 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honor.s,  390, 408, 418. 
Assistant  Surgeon-General : 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Assistant  Surgeons: 

Examination  and  appointment,  1394. 

Travel  allowances,  1334. 
See  also  Medical  Officers. 
Assistant  Treasurers : 

Balances  unchanged  for  three  years,  586. 

Disbursing  officers'  deposits,  580, 584,  586. 
Attorney-General : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408, 418 

Surety  companies,  576, 577. 

Title  to  military  land,  703. 

Witnesses  before  civil  courts,  72 
Auction  Sales : 

Auctioneer's  account,  etc.,  679. 
Auditor  for  the  Interior  Department : 

Artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1471. 
Auditor  for  the  War  Department: 

Arrears  of  pay,  etc.,  deceased  soldiers,  161. 

Certificates  of  merit,  181. 

Contractors'  bonds,  564. 

Contracts,  supplies, and  services,  554,  557,564. 

Escaped  prisoners'  effects,  913. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  transportation,  175. 

Payments  to  discharged  soldiers,  1384. 


238 


INDEX. 


Auditor  for  the  War  Department— Coutinued. 

Personal  eifects,  deceased  officers,  83. 
Stoppages  of  pay,  702, 1056. 
Authority : 

Exercise  of  military,  2. 
Awards  of  Contracts : 

Ability  to  carry  proposals  into  effect,  546. 

By  whom  made,  542. 

Domestic  over  foreign  articles,  545. 

Lowest  responsible  bidder,  543. 

Slight  failure  to  comi)ly  with  terms,  544. 

Suitable  articles  determine,  521. 
Axes  and  Ax  Helves: 

Dropped  from  returns,  1198. 

Police  purposes,  454. 
Bacon : 

Eation,  1253. 
Badges : 

Mourning,  military,  443. 
Baggage: 

Charges  excluded,  travel  allowances,  1321. 

Increase  or  reduction  of  allowance,  1119. 

Marking  for  shipment,  1124. 

OflQcers  and  men  traveling,  1099-1102. 

Transportation,  1118-1122, 1124. 
Baked  Beans : 

Eation,  1235, 1256. 
Bakeries : 

Bakers  and  assistants,  164, 165, 305,  306, 308. 

Baking,  individual  companies  at  posts,  309. 

Brooms  and  scrubbing  brushes,  1203,  1204. 

Building,  furniture,  fuel,  and  utensils,  304. 

Distribution  of  savings,  296. 

Flour  ration  turned  in,  296. 

Fuel.  304, 1004. 

Fund,  287-289,  291-293,  296-299. 

Issue  of  bread,  296. 

Eestriction  of  expenses,  307. 

Sale  of  surplus  bread,  296. 

Sale  to,  of  subsistence  supplies,  1282, 

Savings  of  rations,  307, 1269. 

Supervision,  304. 

Transportation  of  property,  312. 

Utensils,  307. 
Baking  Powder : 

Eation,  1253. 

Savings  and  sales,  1269. 

Unused  to  be  returned,  1269. 
Band  Commanders : 

Daily  and  weekly  inspections,  266. 
Band  Instruments: 

See  Musical  Instruments. 
Band  Musicians : 

Procedure  when  needed,  249. 

Selections,  musters,  reports,  etc.,  245,  246. 
Bands : 

See  liegimental  Bands. 
Baptismal  Services : 

Eecord  at  posts,  40. 
Barley : 

Care  and  accountability,  1059-1064. 

Forage  ration,  1041. 


Barracks  and  Quarters : 

Additions,  alterations,  etc.,  205,  206,  978, 980. 

Allowance  and  assignments,  984-997. 1006. 

Annual  inspection,  978. 

Arms,  accoutermeuts,  etc. ,268,  276. 

Box  lockers  and  locks.  981. 

Choice,  985,  986. 

Constructed  by  Q.  M.  Department,  972. 

Construction  of  permanent,  705,  706. 

Construction  of  temporary,  205. 

Daily  inspection,  266. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  703. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  D98-1011. 

Furniture  and  mess  outfits,  977, 982, 983. 

Hire  of  quarters,  988,  989. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1012-1022. 

Inspection  and  reports  of  condition,  976. 

Xames  of  men  attached  to  bunks,  268. 

Numerical  designation  and  record,  980. 

Police,  269,  270,  387. 

Post  commanders  and  surgeons'  visit,  201. 

Private  buildings,  979. 

Eecord  book  of  quartermaster,  1218. 

Eepairs,  205,  206,  978,  980. 

Eesponsibility  for  care,  etc..  977. 

Squads  to  be  quartered  together,  267. 
Barrels: 

Sale  of  empty,  1237. 
Barter  or  Exchange: 

Arms    and    ammunition,    Indian    country, 
478. 

Supplies  purchased  from  commissary,  1287. 
Battalions: 

Candles  for  headquarters,  1265. 

Commanding  officer,  226. 

Command  of  a  major  or  lieut.-col.,  14. 

Composition,  226. 

Quitting  without  leave,  A.  W.  40. 
Batteries  of  Light  Artillery: 

Ammunition  for  target  practice,  354. 

Captains,  344, 345. 

Guidons,  222. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344, 345. 

Policing  stables, etc.,  1077* 

Poster  duty,  377. 

Smiths'  tools,  1068. 

Transfer  of  officers,  344, 463. 
Battery : 

Called  company,  227. 
Battlefields: 

Care  of  sick  or  wounded,  1423. 

Interment  of  remains  of  killed,  493. 
Battle-G round  Cemeteries: 

Establishment,  etc.,  493. 
Battles : 

Inscription  of  names  on  colors,  224. 
Bayonets : 

Barracks,  regulation,  268. 

Sales,  1506. 
Beans : 

Eation,  1235, 1253, 1256. 

Wastage,  1243. 


INDEX. 


239 


Bedding: 

Straw  allowance,  1048, 1049. 
Beef: 

Purchase  by  contract,  1250. 

Ration,  12:!5, 1253, 1256. 

Savings  and  sales,  1269. 

AVastage  on  fresh,  124".'. 
Beef  Cattle : 

Forage,  1280. 

Losses  by  straying,  death,  etc.,  1245. 

Purchase,  1250. 
Behavior : 

Divine  worship,  A.  W,  52, 

Members  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  87. 
Beyond  the  Sea : 

Permission  to  visit,  55, 109. 
Bidders,  Supplies,  and  Services : 

Ability  to  carry  proposals  into  effect,  546. 

Aid  to,  in  preparation  of  proposals,  525. 

Corporations  and  firms,  530. 

Erasures  or  interlineations  in  proposals,  532, 

Guaranties.  522,  533,  534. 

Information  to  be  furnished,  525. 

Xames  of,  not  to  be  furnished  to  others,  528. 

Opening  of  proposals,  539. 

Post-office  address  and  residence,  529. 

Slight  failure  to  comply  with  terms,  544. 

Specifications,  etc.,  to  be  shown,  526,  527. 

"Withdrawal  from  competition,  538. 
Bids: 

Considered  by  items,  521. 
Bills  of  Creditors : 

Attached  to  vouchers  for  payment,  633, 634. 
Bills  of  Lading: 

Alterations,  1139. 

Baggage  of  officers,  1137. 

Bond-aided  railroads,  1147. 

Department  or  bureau  supplies,  1129. 

Duplicate  to  consignee,  1142. 

Erasures,  1139. 

Form,  1135. 

Government  conveyance,  1144. 

Interlineations,  1139. 

Land-grant  railroads,  1146. 

Libraries,  1130. 

Loss  or  destruction,  1151-1157 

Monthly  reports,  1223. 

Museums,  1130. 

Original  to  carrier,  1142. 

Payments.  1143, 1150-1160. 

Preparation  and  issue,  1 133-1141. 

Receipts.  1142, 1148, 1149, 1157. 

Second  original,  or  duplicate,  1140. 

Through  to  ultimate  destination,  1145. 

Transportation  for  other  departments,  1129. 
Bimonthly  Returns: 

Enlisted  strength,  791. 
Blacksmiths : 

Appointments,  etc.,  260. 

Extra  duty  details  and  pay,  168. 

Indian  scouts,  484. 

Stoves  for  shops,  1006. 


Blanket  Bags: 

How  marked,  279. 
Blankets : 

Fire  in  magazines,  340. 

Prisoners,  912. 

"Worn  on  duty,  1550. 
Blank  Forms : 

Alterations  or  new  forms,  1552 

Bills  of  lading,  1135. 

Contractor's  l)onds,  560. 

Discharge  certificates,  151. 

Final  statements,  151. 

Inspector-General's  Department,  876, 879. 

Manuscript  prohibited,  751. 

Notes  and  directions,  1552. 

Official  telegrams,  1214. 

Ordnance  Department,  1535. 
]       Printing,  514. 
!       Reconnaissance,  458, 460, 461. 
j       Subsistence  Department,  1293. 
i       Supplied  by  chiefs  of  bureaus,  1552 
I  Blank  Transportation  Bequests: 
I       Accountability,  1103. 
{       Canceled,  1103. 

Furnished  by  Q.  M.  Department,  1103 

Lost  or  stolen,  1105. 

Removal  or  transfer,  1105. 

Reports  of  issues,  1103. 

Stubs  to  be  preserved,  1106. 

Transfer  or  succession,  1104. 
Boarding  Vessels  of  War : 

Visits  and  courtesies,  423. 
BoardofComniissionerSjSoldiers' Home,  B.C.: 

Admission  of  inmates,  174. 

Transportation  to  the  Home,  175. 
Boards  of  Examination : 

Appointees,  grade,  second  lieutenant,  25, 27. 

Hospital  corps  privates,  1397. 

Post  noncommissioned  stafi",  94,95. 

Surgeons  and  assistant  surgeons,  1394. 
Boards  of  Oflicers : 

Appointment,  etc.,  staiS",  739. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  985. 

Character,  discharge  certificates,  148 

Examination  of  recruits,  844,  845. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006. 

Stationery, 1027. 

Transfers  to  Signal  Corps,  1538. 
Boards  of  Survey : 

Administration  of  oaths,  712. 

Appointment  and  composition,  709. 

Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  223. 

Condemnation  not  authorized,  713. 

Damaged  or  stolen  property,  084,  686,  687. 

Deceased  officers,  84. 

Defects  or  shortages,  668,  669. 

Department  commanders,  acting,  709. 

Deserters  and  desertion,  115. 

Evidence  considered,  710-712. 

General  powers  and  duties,  708, 710, 713. 

Musical  instruments,  1201. 

Posts,  etc.,  not  under  dept.  comdr.,  719. 


240 


INDEX. 


Boards  of  Surrey — Continued. 

Private  property  lost  in  service,  723. 

Proceedings,  708,711,714-723. 

Property  lost,  etc.,  in  transit,  1126, 1127, 1149. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1063, 1064. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1240, 1241, 1245. 

AVorn-out  property,  678. 
Bond- Aided  Railroads  : 

Accounts  for  transportation,  1129, 1161, 1162. 

Bills  of  lading,  1147. 

Civilian  employees,  729. 

Officers  traveling  without  troops,  1321. 

Telegraph  lines,  1208. 

Transportation  requests,  1093. 
Bonds : 

Contractors,  559-565, 573-578. 

Disbursing  officers,  571-578. 

Indemnity,  599. 

Duplicate  checks,  599. 
Boxes : 

Packing,  ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1527-1529. 

Sale  of  empty  boxes,  1237. 
Branding : 

Condemned  animals,  883. 

Public  animals,  10U2. 

Public  property,  676. 

Sentence  of  a  court-martial,  A.  W.  38, 98. 
Breacli  of  Arrest : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  65. 
Bread : 

Baking  at  posts,  individual  companies,  309. 

Baking,  issue,  and  sale,  296, 1269. 

Post  bakeries,  304. 

Purchase  of  articles  for  making,  307. 

Ration,  296. 

Savings  and  sales,  296, 1269. 
Brevet  Rank  Assignments : 

Aids  to  general  officers,  33. 

Salutes  and  honors,  412. 
Bribery : 

Mustering  officers,  A.  W.  6. 
Bridges : 

Care,  etc.,  of  wooden,  332. 

Construction  aud  repairs,  972. 

Passage  of  troops,  teams,  etc.,  1107. 
Brigades: 

Candles  for  headquarters,  1265. 

Cimimand  of  a  brigadier-general,  14. 

Commanders,  790.  A.  \V.  7'3. 

Organization  in  time  of  peace,  189. 

Returns  of  strength,  790,  794-796. 

Senior  engineer  officer,  1478. 
Brigadier-Generals : 

Aids.  33. 

Appointment  to  grade,  21. 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Changing  station,  68. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  429, 437. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  with  commodores,  12. 


Brigadier-Generals— Continued. 

Salutes  and  honors,  389.  411, 414,  418. 

Stationery,  1023. 

Travel  beyond  limits  of  command,  68. 
Brooms : 

Allowances,  1203, 1204. 

Messes,  285. 

Police  purposes,  454. 
Brushes,  Scrubbing: 

Allowance,  1203, 1204. 

Messes,  285. 
Buildings: 

Amusement,  etc.,  311. 

Fortification,  erection,  near,  1485. 

Permanent,  703,  70.'>,  706. 
Bunks  and  Bedding: 

!Names  of  men  to  be  attached  to  bunks,  268. 

Overhauling  and  airing  in  barracks,  270, 

Post  guardhouses,  1048. 
Burjilary : 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Burials: 

Battle-ground  cemeteries.  493. 

Po.'^t  cemeteries,  494.  498,  499. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  85, 162,  1195. 
Cadets,  Military: 

Appointment,  grade  of  second   lieutenant, 
24. 

Leave  o^  absence,  graduates,  49. 

Payments,  1347. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Camps : 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  "W.  31,34. 

Annual  inspection,  867. 

Colors,  225. 

Followers,  etc.,  A.  W.  63. 

Guards,  453-456. 

Provisions  for  soldiers,  A.  "W".  56. 

Temjiorary  posts  styled,  199. 

"Tniform  and  clothing,  enlisted  men.  272,  273. 
Candidates  for  Promotion : 

Sole  tiou,  etc.,  of  enlisted  men,  25. 

Status  pending  appoiutment,  26-29. 

Uniform  aud  stripes,  26. 
Candles : 

Extra  issues,  1265. 

Issue,  1255. 

Ration,  1253. 

Stable  lanterns,  1016. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Cane  Syrup : 

Ration,  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Canned  Goods : 

Ration,  1235, 1253, 1256. 
Canteens : 

How  marked,  279. 

Recruits,  1518. 

Repairs,  1517. 
Canvas  Mittens: 

Issue  to  eulisted  men,  1189. 
Capricious  Conduct: 

Superiors  toward  inferiors,  3. 


INDEX. 


241 


Caps: 

Issue  to  enlisted  men,  1189, 1190. 
Captains,  Army: 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Company  returns,  792, 793. 

Detachment  from  companies,  251. 

Eligible  for  ataflfor  special  duty,  251. 

Exemptions  from  detail,  368. 

Fatigue  duties,  exemption,  368. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  433, 437, 440. 

Light  artillery  batteries,  345, 1067. 

Promotion  to  grade,  23. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Kank  with  lieutenants  of  the  Navy,  12. 

Roster  duty,  368. 

Stationery,  1023. 
Captains,  Navy : 

Rank  with  colonels,  12. 
Captured  Property : 

Accountability,  798,  A.  W.  9. 
Carpenter  S^ops : 

Stoves,  1006. 
Carriers : 

Responsibility  of,  supplies  in  transit,  1127. 
Cartridge  Bags : 

Filling  in  magazine,  339. 
Cartridges : 

Sales  to  enlisted  men,  363. 
Casemates: 

Ventilation,  332. 
Cash  Sales : 

Subsistence  supplies,  1280-1284. 
Casting  away  Anns : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  42. 
Casualties  in  Actions : 

Lists  of  wounded,  1466. 

Preparation,  etc.,  of  returns,  797. 

Records,  748. 
Cavalry : 

Dismounted  duty,  375, 376. 

Horses,  1029, 1032, 1034, 1065, 1068. 

Inspection,  266. 

Precedence,  6. 

Roster  duty,  375,  376. 

Standards  and  guidons,  218, 221. 

Troop  called  company,  227. 
Cavalry  and  Liglit  Artillery  School : 

Civilian  employees,  725, 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Detachment  of  officers,  191. 

Inspection,  869. 

Organization,  etc.,  467. 

Special  regulations,  467. 

Supervision  or  control,  190. 
Cemeteries : 

Battle-ground,  493. 

National,  492,  867. 

Post,  494-499, 1218. 
Censure : 
,  Discussions,  etc.,  conveying,  5. 

12851  A  R 16 


Ceremonies : 

Badges,  medals  of  honor,  etc.,  1551. 

Chaplains,  41. 

Hospital  corps,  1405. 

How  conducted,  448. 

Insignia  buttons,  1551. 

Parade,  385. 

Precedence  of  regiments  and  corps,  6. 

Reveille  and  retreat,  450. 
Certificates : 

Deficiencies  in  subsistence  supplies,  1245, 
1246. 

Expenditures  of  ammunition,  1512. 

Fuel  for  officers,  1001. 

Hospital    stewards'     professional     books, 
1122. 

Lost  bills  of  lading,  1152, 1153, 1157. 

Medical,  60-62. 

Medical  attendance,  medicines,  1453-1455. 

Money  vouchers,  632. 

Professional  books,  etc.,  1122. 
Certificates  of  Absentees : 

False,  A.  W.  13. 

Muster,  A.  W.  12. 
Certificates  of  Accountability: 

Q.  M.  supplies,  1055, 1056, 1061-1063. 
Certificates  of  Deposits: 

Explanatory  statements,  609. 

Issue  and  disposition,  608,  609. 

Notations  on  accounts  current,  612. 

Proceeds  of  sales,  1502. 

Record  and  action,  War  Department,  613. 
Certificates  of  Disability: 

Admis.sion  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C,  174. 

Blank  forms  and  instructions,  154. 

Degree  of  disability  to  be  noted,  157. 

Disability  not  permanent,  155. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140, 141. 

Insane  soldiers,  470. 

Permanent  disability,  154. 

Records  and  reports  of  disease,  155. 

Recruits,  844,  847. 

Report  to  medical  officer  of  discharge,  156. 
Certificates  of  Eligibility: 

Promotion,  enlisted  men,  26. 
Certificates  of  Merit : 

Additional  pay,  180, 1370. 

Discharged  and  deceased  soldiers,  181. 

Enlisted  men,  178-181. 
Certificates  of  Non-indebtedness : 

Final  payments  to  officers,  1307. 
Certificates  of  Pay : 

False,  A.  W.  13. 

Purchase  of  pay  due,  588. 
Certificates  of  Rations: 

Civilian  employees,  1262. 

Detached  troops,1262. 
Certificates  of  Service : 

Issued  in  lieu  of  lost  discharges,  143. 
Certified  Bills: 

Credit  sales  to  officers,  1288. 
Cession  of  State  Jurisdiction: 

Lands  used  for  military  purposes,  703. 


242 


INDEX. 


Chairs : 

Allowance  for  barracks,  982. 
Challenges : 

Members  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  88. 
Challenge  to  Duel: 

Carriers  of,  deemed  principals.  A.  "W".  27. 

Punishmeut  for  sending,  A.  W.  26. 
Changes  of  Station: 

Baggage,  1119. 

Barrack  furniture,  983. 

Civilian  employees.  735. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1168. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1337, 1339. 1340. 

General  officers  and  personal  staff,  68. 

Medical  officers,  738. 

Officers  on  leave,  1330-1332. 

Officers  without  troops,  65. 

Personal  staff",  general  officers,  68. 

Professional  books,  papers,  etc.,  1122. 

Quartermaster  s  supplies,  1055, 1056. 

Stair  corps  and  departments,  737. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men.  113. 

Transportation,  furloughed  soldiers.  111. 

Troops  in  departments,  192. 
Changing  Parole  or  Watchword : 

Punishment,  A.  "W.  44. 
Chapels : 

Books,  310, 1132. 

Brooms,  1204. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  313, 1006. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1014-1019,  1021,  1022. 

Musical  instruments,  1132. 

Rooms  to  be  provided,  310. 
Chaplains : 

Assignments,  38, 39. 

Books  for  post  chapel  services,  310. 

Ceremonies  and  inspections,  41. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  991,  1006. 

Reports  and  records,  40. 

Service  reports,  806. 

Stationery,  1023. 
Character : 

Discharged  soldiers,  148. 

Recruits,  846. 
Charges  Against  Enlisted  Men: 

Evidence  of  previous  convictions,  929,  934. 

Investigation  by  commanding  officer,  928. 

Minor  off^euses,  932. 

Often.ses  cognizable  by  inferior  courts,  932. 

Preparation  and  transmission,  927. 

Written,  committing  officer,  A.  W.  67. 
Charges  against  Officers : 

Release  from  arrest,  899 ;  A.  W.  71. 

Service  upon  accused,  A.  "W.  71. 
Charges  d' Affaires : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  409. 418. 
Check  Books,  Official: 

Issue,  transfer,  etc.,  605-607. 
Check  or  Currency  Payments  to  Troops  : 

Absence  of  soldier,  1358. 

Checks  drawn  to  order  of  individual,  1349. 

Confinement  of  soldier,  1358. 


Check  or  Currency  Payments,  etc.— Cont'd. 

Currency  in  separate  envelopes,  1349. 

Death  or  desertion  of  soldier,  1358. 

Deficiencies  or  surplus  in  currency,  135_. 

Depository,  1351. 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1360. 

Distribution  of,  at  posts,  1351, 1354. 

Error  or  informality  in  check,  1355. 

Escort,  1353. 

Express,  1352, 1353. 

Field,  1361. 

Indorsement  of  check  by  payee,  1356. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  1350-1352,  1355,  1357, 
1359, 1363, 1364. 

Notification  with  roll,  1351. 

Places  beyond  express  delivery,  1353. 

Posts  at  which  made,  1349. 

Time  of  war,  1362. 

Undelivered  checks  or  currency,  1358, 1359. 

Verification  of  cash  in  envelopes,  1354. 
Check  Roll  Call: 

Taps,  383. 
Checks: 

Death  or  resignation  of  drawer,  600. 

Drawing,  596,  597, 638. 

Duplicate,  599. 

Lost  or  destroyed,  599. 

Mutilated,  607. 

^N'otation  on  vouchers,  etc.,  640. 

Object  of  expenditure,  597. 

Outstanding,  585,  600, 602-604,  876,  877. 

Payment  on  presentation,  600,  601. 

Payments  by,  how  made,  596,  .598. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1349-1364. 

Transferring  funds,  594. 
Chief  Clerk,  War  Department : 

Accounts  for  printing,  507,  508, 511. 
•  Advertising  rates,  500. 
Chief  Commissaries  of  Departments : 

Candles  for  offices  and  storerooms,  1265. 

Detail  of,  and  duty,  196. 

Estimates  and  requisition,  1229. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

General  duties,  1227, 1228. 
Chief  Justice,  U.  S.  Supreme  Court : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  h(mors,  390, 408, 418. 
Chief  Magistrates,  Foreign  Countries: 

Salutes  and  honors,  410,  418. 
Chief  Musicians : 

Appointment,  etc.,  241. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Clothing,  retired,  138. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Chief  of  Engineers: 

Certificates  of  merit,  178. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1171. 

Courts-martial.  A.  W.  81. 

Engineering  operations  in  the  field,  1481. 

Engineering  works,  868. 

Engineers,  special  service,  1475. 


INDEX. 


243 


Chief  of  Engineers— Continued. 

Fortifications,  1485, 1486. 

General  duties,  1472, 1473. 

Headquarters,  1473. 

Maps,  surveys,  and  reconnaissances,  1482. 

Plans,  etc.,  military  Avorks,  1482. 
Chief  of  Ordnance: 

Certificates  of  merit,  178. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1171. 

Courts-martial,  A.  W.  81. 

Firing  artillery,  .356. 

General  duties,  1488. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1493,  1494, 
1497, 1498, 1518-1520, 1525,  1527. 

Ordnance  depots,  1495. 
Chief  Ordnance  Officer  of  Departments : 

Requisitions  for  ordnance  supplies,  1498. 
Chief  Paymasters  of  Departments : 

Detail,  196. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  196, 1296. 

Payment  to  enlisted  men,  1348, 1363. 

Travel  allowances,  1322. 
Chief  Quartermasters  of  Departments: 

Candles  for  offices  and  storerooms,  1265. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1166, 1167. 

Detail  of,  and  duties,  196. 

Estimates  for  funds,  975. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  office,  1006. 

Outstanding  debts,  1223. 
Cliief  Signal  Officer: 

Army  and  Navy  signal  codes,  1545. 

Certificates  of  merit.  178. 

Courts-martial,  A.  W.  81. 

General  duties,  1537. 

Instruction    and    practice    in     signaling, 
1544. 

Signal  Corps  sergeants,  1539, 1540. 

Signaling  operations  in  the  field,  1541. 

Signal  supplies,  1546. 
Chiefs  of  Bureaus : 

Blank  forms,  1552. 

Boards  of  officers,  739. 

Boards  of  survey  proceedings,  718,  719. 

Changes  of  station  and  travel  duties,  737. 

Condemned  property,  882. 

Contingent  property,  departments,  197. 

Correspondence  with  disbursing  officer,  740. 

Efficiency  reports,  807. 

Examination  of  money  accounts,  655. 

Fi.scal  aff"airs,  187. 

Inspection  reports,  872. 

Leaves  of  absence,  48. 

Official  correspondence,  740,  766,  767,  895. 

Property  returns,  701, 702. 

Public  moneys,  580. 

Eemittances  to  officers,  618. 

Stoppages  of  officers'  pay,  1343. 
Chief  Surgeons  of  Departments: 

Casuality  returns,  1466. 

Contract  surgeons,  1464. 

Detail  of,  and  duties,  196. 

Hospital  Corps,  1408. 

Inspections,  1465. 


Chief  Surgeons  of  Departments— Continued. 

Medical  officers,  14*54. 

Travois  and  mule  litters,  1418. 
Chief  Trumpeter : 

Appointment,  etc.,  241.    . 

liank  and  precedence,  9. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Children : 

Post  schools,  322-324. 
Chronic  Complaints : 

Payment  of  accounts  for  treatment,  1456. 
Circulars : 

Advertising  for  proposals,  520,  524. 

Issue  and  numbering,  770. 

Regimental  files,  244. 

Stoppages  of  officers'  pay,  1345. 
Civil  Authorities : 

Application  for  troops,  489. 

Arrest  by,  of  officers  and  men,  1314. 

Subordination  of  militarj^,  A.  W.  55, 59.. 
Civil  Courts : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  147. 

Witnesses,  72, 925, 966. 
Civil  Engineers: 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  727. 

National  cemeteries,  492. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  730. 
Civil  Functionaries : 

Courtesies  and  honors,  418. 

Funeral  honors,  432. 
Civilian  Employees: 

Admission  to  hospitals,  1445, 1447. 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 

Artificial  limbs  and  appliances,  1467-1471. 

Attendance  upon  civil  courts,  966. 

Burial,  in  post  cemeteries,  494. 

Certificates,  pay  due  discharged,  727. 

Change  of  station,  735. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1273. 

Computation  of  time,  651. 

Employment,  etc.,  724,  725, 727. 

Expenditures,  726. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006. 

Hospital  charges,  1447. 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 

Medical  and  hospital  supplies,  1444. 

Medical  attendance  and  medicines,  1450. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1508-1510, 1514. 

Payments,  727. 

Property,  damaged,  lost,  or  destroyed,  687. 

Rations,  1260,  1262. 

Sale  of  bread,  296. 

Sale  of  subsistence  supplies,  1284. 

Subject  to  Articles  oi  War,  A.  W.  63. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729-735. 

Vouchers  for  payment,  033. 

Wages  due  discharged,  650, 

Witnesses,  military  courts,  962, 964, 965. 

Wrongfully  selling  arms,  etc.,  A,  W.  60. 
Civilian  Physicians: 

Employment  and  payment,  1452,  1453,  1450. 

Examination  of  recruits,  etc.,  842,  1458. 

Rates  of  charges,  1459. 


244 


INDEX. 


Cirilians : 

Appointments  as  second  lieutenants,  24,  31. 
Attendance  upon  civil  covirts,  966. 
Children's  attendance,  po.st  schools,  323. 
Marriage,  baptismal,  funeral  services,  40. 
Residence  on  reservations,  210. 
Witnesses  before  military  courts,  963-965. 
Civilians  at  Posts  : 
Admission  to  hospital,  1446. 
Burial  in  post  cemeteries,  494. 
Hospital  charges,  1447. 
Medical  and  hospital  supplies,  1444. 
Ciriliaii  Dress : 

Officers  and  enlisted  men,  1549. 
Civilian  Witnesses: 
Attendance,  courts-martial,  923. 
Traveling  expenses,  734. 
Civil  Institutions  of  Learninar: 
Details,  8G-90, 1069. 

Inspection  of  military  departments,  870. 
Civil  Office : 

Officers  on  active  list,  80. 
Civil  Officers : 
Administration  of  oaths,  683. 
Fees  for  administering  oath,  649. 
Civil  Rights  Laws : 

Enforcement  by  Army,  487,  p.  64.      , 
Civil  Schools : 

Inspection  of  military  departments,  870. 
Civil  Service : 

Civilian  employees,  724, 
Claims : 
Fictitious  or  fraudulent,  A.  W.  60. 
Information  from  records,  803. 
Interestin,  disbursing  officers  or  clerks,  588. 
Private  property  lost  in  service,  723. 
Purchase  of,  against  the  United  States,  588. 
Unauthorized  advertisements,  508. 
Clerics : 
Employment,  payment,  etc.,  725,  727. 
Extra-duty  pay,  dept.  hdqrs.,  165. 
Inspectors',  858. 

Interest  or  concern  in  purchases,  etc.,  588. 
Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  730. 
Clothing  and  Equipage : 
Articles  used  for  police,  4.'i4-456. 
Accounts,  1178-1185, 1192, 1407. 
Annual  price  list,  273. 
Burial  of  deceased  soldiers,  1195. 
Care  of,  by  enlisted  men,  269, 271. 
Compaxiy,  252. 

Company  clothing  book,  264. 
Contract  for,  or  purchase,  515. 
Damaged,  887. 
Deserters,  129, 130. 
Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  "W.  60. 
Estimates,  1164-1174, 1199. 
Furnished  by  Q.  M.  Department,  972. 
Indian  prisoners  of  vrar,  480. 
V     Infected.  708, 1441. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C,  176. 
Inspection  by  medical  officers,  1393. 


Clothing  and  Equipage— Continued. 

Interior  Dei)artment  Indians,  480. 

Issues.  1172,  1178,  1179,  1186-1191,  1193-1195, 
1442. 

Issues  in  case  of  necessity,  1177. 

Laundry  charges,  recruits,  1192. 

Officers'  servants,  1197. 

Price  list,  1163. 

Purchase  of,  by  officers,  1196. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138 

Sizes  ol  clothing,  1173, 1174. 

Unmade  clothing,  1174, 1175. 

Worn  and  in  possession  of  men,  271, 272. 
CofTee : 

Purchase  and  issue  of  liquid,  1257. 

Ration,  1253, 1256. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Collection  of  Duties: 

Eniorcement  of,  by  the  Army,  487,  p.  68. 
College,  Petails : 

Applicati<ms  and  apportionment,  86,  90. 

Instructions  to  officers,  90. 

Ordnance,  ordnance  stores,  etc.,  90. 

Qualifications,  87,  89. 

Retired  officers.  88. 

Transportation  of  officers'  horses,  1069. 
Colleges  and  Schools : 

Details,  86-90, 1069. 

Inspection  of  military  departments,  870. 
Colonels : 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  433, 437,  440. 

Promotion  to  grade.  23. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  with  captains  of  the  Navy,  12. 

Regimental  returns,  792. 

Stationery.  1023. 
Colors  and  Standards : 

Artillery  regiments,  215. 

Camp,  225. 

Engineer  battalion,  215. 

Hospital  and  ambulance,  214. 

Infantry  regiments,  215. 

Names  of  battles,  224. 

National,  215-220. 

Regimental,  215-220,  389, 391, 446. 

Service,  220. 

Silken,  219. 

Unserviceable,  223. 
Combinations: 

Suppression  of  unlawful,  487,  p.  67. 
Command : 
Appropriate  to  each  grade,  14. 
Commanding  officers,  13,15-19. 

Funeral  escort,  438, 439. 
Mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 
Reconnaissances  and  expeditions,  19. 
Staff  officer,  eligibility,  17, 18. 
Suspension  from,  by  sentence,  A.  W.  101. 


INDEX. 


245 


Commandants : 

Efficiency  reports,  service  schools,  807. 

Faculty,  Army  Medical  School,  468. 

Service  schools,  462,  464,  466.  467. 
Commanders,  Xary : 

Rank  with  lieutenant-colonels,  12. 
Commanders  of  Escorts: 

Reconnaissances  or  expeditions,  19. 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army : 

Artillery  inspectors,  350. 

Artillery  practice,  352,  354,  463. 

Captains,  light  batteries,  345. 

Change  of  stations  of  troops,  192. 

Communications  to,  762,  705. 

Condemned  jjroperty,  888. 

Delays,  67. 

Department  commanders'  reports,  193. 

Disabilities  of  men  not  permanent,  155. 

Duties  and  responsibilities,  187. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Funeral  lionors  and  escort,  428, 437. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  107. 

General  courts-martial,  A.  W.  72. 

Honor  graduates,  service  schools,  466. 

Indian  scouts,  483. 

Inspection  reports,  872. 

Inspectors,  858. 

Leaves  of  absence.  46, 61,  64. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344. 

Ordnance  depot,  1495. 

Post  exchange,  326. 

Proceedings,  courts-martial,  896. 

Promulgation  of  orders  through,  etc.,  188. 

Regimental  instruction,  231. 

Sale  of  horses  to  mounted  officers,  1065, 1066. 

Schools  of  instruction,  191. 

Service  schools,  869. 

Small-arms  practice,  357,  358. 

Students,  service  schools,  465. 

Torpedo  service  instruction,  346,  347. 

Transfer  or  exciiange  of  officers,  43. 

Transfer.^,  etc.,  of  enlisted  men,  113. 
Commanding  Oflicers: 

Absentees  at  muster,  A."W.  12, 13. 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 

Appliances  for  transporting  wounded,  1419. 

Arrest  of  officers,  897-899,  901,  A.W.  65. 

Assignmeats  and  assumption,  13. 

Attendance  drills,  etc.,  170. 

Battle-ground  cemeteries,  493. 

Bimonthly  reports  of  enlisted  strength,  791. 

Boards  of  survey  proceedings,  719. 

Captured  property,  798. 

Casualty  returns,  797, 1466. 

Certificates  of  merit,  178, 179. 

Charges  against  enlisted  men,  928. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  708, 1178. 

Clothing  for  prisoners,  1193. 

Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  223. 

Condemned  property,  888. 

Confinement  of  enlisted  men,  907-909. 

Construction  of  works  by  troops,  1479. 


Commanding  Oflicers— Continued. 
Contempt  or  disrespect,  A.  W.  20. 
Correspondence  with  subordinates,  763. 
Deceased  officers,  81,  84. 
Destitute  persons,  1267. 
Discharge  by  purchase  of  enlisted  men,  J44. 
Dress  for  officers  and  men,  1549. 
Enforcement  of  laws  by  troops,  488-491. 
Engineer  officers  on  duty  in  command,  1483. 
Escort  commanders,  19. 

Estimates  for  funds,  Q.  M.  Department,  975. 
Execution  of  orders,  775. 
Exercise  of  command,  13. 
Forage,  1047. 
Forage  ration,  1042. 
Furlough,  A.  W.  11. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  747. 
Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C,  176. 
Inspections,  875. 
Inspectors,  860. 

Intruders,  Indian  country,  476. 
Leaves  of  ab-sence,  47,  60,  63. 
Liquid  coffee,  1257. 
Military  telegraph  lines,  1542. 
Movements  of  troops,  1078. 
Musters,  451, 452. 

Xavy  or  Marine  Corps  deserters,  134. 
Official  correspondence,  766. 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1493, 1494. 
Ordnance  establishments,  1491. 
Parades,  449. 
Paymasters,  1297. 

Payments  to  enlistetl  men,  1350, 1354. 
Pecuniary  interest,  etc.,  A.  W.  18. 
Posting  troops,  6. 
Previous  convictions,  929. 
Property  responsibility,  658-660,  A.  W.  10. 
Public  animals,  708. 
Quartermaster" s  record,  1219. 
Ration  returns,  1258-1264, 1268 
Rations,  1233. 
Recruit  detachments,  822. 
Redress  of  abuses,  A.  W.  54. 
Regimental  bands,  250. 
Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  136 
Retirement  of  officers,  73. 
Returns  of  troops,  789-798. 
Returns,  requisitions,  and  estimates,  743. 
Salutes  and  honors,  393. 
Savings  of  rations.  1269-1271. 
Special  duty  men,  170. 
Staff  officers,  741. 
Stationery,  1023. 
Stores  deteriorated,  708. 
Subsistence  supplies  and  funds,  1229. 
Surveys  and  reconnaissances,  1480. 
Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1200. 
Temporary  or  acting,  15. 
Transfer  or  succession,  16. 
Trespassers,  Indian  country,  476. 
Veterinary  supplies,  1039. 
Visitors  to  posts,  418. 


24a 


INDEX. 


Commanding  Officers— Contiuued. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  420-425. 
See  also—    . 

Commanding  General  of  the  Army. 
Company  Commanders. 
Department  Commanders. 
Detachment  Comm,anders. 
Post  Commanders. 
Hegimental  Commanders. 
Commerce : 

Interstate  and  foreign,  487,  j).  67. 
Commissaries : 

Acting,  1006, 1304, 1305. 

Blanli  forms,  1293. 

Bonds,  571-578. 

Candles  for  oflBces  and  storerooms,  1265. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1275-1279. 

Court-martial  duty  of  purchasing,  191. 

Detail  and  duties  of  post,  203. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Gains,  wastage,  and  deficiencies,  1242-1246. 

General  duties,  1227-1229. 

Inspection  of  storehouses,  1248. 

Post,  203,  239,  362, 1265. 

Promotion,  22. 

Quartermaster  of  a  regiment,  239, 1305. 

Sale  of  subsistence  supplies,  1280-1292. 

Savings  of  rations,  1269-1271. 

Signal  parties'  supplies,  1547. 

Small-'arnis  practice,  362. 

Transfers  of  supplies  in  bulk,  1239-1241. 
Commissary-General  of  Subsistence: 

Acting  commissaries,  1304. 

Exceptional  articles  for  sale.  1283. 

General  duties,  1226. 

Subsistence  supplies  and  funds,  1228, 1236. 
Commissary-Sergeants : 

Appointments,  duties,  etc. ,91-96,  99, 100,102. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Discharge  and  re-enlistment,  101, 103,104,931. 

Furloughs,  107, 108. 

Military  control,  101. 

Personal  reports,  102. 

Qualifications,  91, 93, 96. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Kank  and  precedence,  9. 

Eeduction  to  the  ranks,  104, 931. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 

Special  dutj'  details,  99. 

Stationery,  1026. 

Trial  by  courts-martial.  931. 
Commissions,  Military: 

See  Military  Commissions. 
Commissions  of  Office: 

Precedence,  etc.,  9,  A.  W.  122. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers.  42, 43. 
Committees  of  Congress : 

Salutes  and  honors,  408,  418. 

Travel  allowances  of  officers,  1335. 
Commodores: 

Rank  with  brigadier-generals,  12. 


Communications,  Official: 

Letters,  752-769. 
Orders,  757,770-783. 
Commutation  for  Artificial  Limbs: 

Money  value,  1467, 
Commutation  of  Quarters: 

Military  attaches,  36. 

Officers,  1336-1342. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138. 

Stoves,  1009. 
Commutation  of  Rations: 

Allowance  and  conditions,  1272. 

Classes  prohibited,  1273. 

Furloughs,  1273, 1275-1279. 

Insane  soldiers,  472. 

Orders,  1274. 1275. 

Payments,  1275-1279. 

Rates,  1272. 

Travel  on  duty,  1082, 1275. 

Vegetables  not  issued,  1254. 
Companies: 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  W.  32. 

Accounts,  252. 

Alphabetical  designation,  228. 

Arms,  etc.,  in  quarters,  268,  271, 276. 

Artificers,  wagoners,  etc.,  168, 260,  262, 263. 

Assignments  of  officers,  228. 

Baking  bread,  309. 
i       Band  musicians,  245, 246. 
I       Bearers,  1412. 1413. 
!       Books  and  records,  264,  265, 1371, 1431, 1432. 

Brooms  and  scrubbing  brushes,  285, 1203. 

Captains,  251.  252, 255. 

Care  of  arms,  etc.,  2C8,  270, 271, 276. 277. 

Chiefs  of  squads.  270,  271. 

Cleanliness  of  men,  269, 271. 

Clothing,  252. 

Commanders.  See  Company  Commanders. 

Command  of  a  captain,  14. 

Company  bearers,  etc.,  1412, 1413. 

Council,  264,  287-301. 

Definition  of  "company,"  227. 

Designation  on  muster  and  pay  rolls,  786. 

Desks,  1122. 

Discipline  and  instruction,  252. 

Division  into  squads,  267. 

Equipments,  252,  268,  270, 271,  277,  278. 

Exchange  council,  288. 

Field  musicians,  247, 249. 

Flour  to  individuals  and  messes,  296. 

Fuel  and  stoA-es,  1006. 

Fund,  287,  291-293,  296,  300-302,  315,  316. 

General  mess  supplies,  285. 

Inspections,  266. 

Kitchen,  281. 

Leather  dressing  or  polishing  material,  277. 

Libraries,  1132. 

Marking  property,  279. 

Messing  and  cooking,  280-286. 

Mounted  infantry,  1302, 1303. 

Musicians,  245,  246. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  246,  784. 


INDEX. 


247 


Companies— Continued. 

Kames  of  men  on  bunks,  268. 

Koncommissioiied  otticer.s,  etc.,  9.  256-264, 
281.  368.  376,  383.  388.  439,  482, 1006, 1202. 

Numbering  of  men,  267. 

Pay,  252. 

Police  of  barracks,  tents,  etc..  269, 270. 

Property,  252, 265,  279,  693. 

Public  property,  274  279. 

Quitting  witbout  leave.  A."W.  40. 

Records,  264, 265, 1371, 1431. 1432. 

Eepairs  to  ordnance  stores.  1519. 

Eeports,  252. 

Returns,  252,  789,  791.  792,  794-796, 1303. 

Sale  of  subsistence  supplies,  1282. 

Savings  of  bakery,  296. 

Savings  of  rations,  1269. 

Subsistence.  252. 

Tableware,  etc.,  285. 

Tailors,  263. 

Text-books,  275. 

Transfers,  officers  and  men,  43, 113. 

Uniform  and  fatigue  dress,  263, 272,  273. 

Vacancies,  band  musicians,  245. 

Witbdravsring  from  general  mess.  303. 
Company  Commanders : 

Absentees  at  muster,  A.  W.  12, 13. 

Acting  in  absence  of  officers,  253,  254. 

Admissions,  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C,  174. 

Apijoiutees,  second  lieutenants,  30. 

Artificers,  260. 

Bimontbly  report  of  enlisted  strength,  791. 

Blacksmiths,  260. 

Cartridges,  hunting  purposes,  363. 

Clothing  accounts,  1178-1185. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1164, 1172, 1178. 

Commutation  of  rations  1276-1278. 

Company  bearers,  1412. 

Company  fund,  300,  301. 

Confinement  of  enlisted  men,  906. 

Councils  of  administration,  288,  291. 

Daily  and  weekly  inspections,  266. 

Deceased  soldiers'  effects,  158-160. 

Depo.sits  of  enlisted  men,  1360, 1371, 1372. 

Deserters,  118, 119, 124. 130. 

Detached  enlisted  men.  105. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men.  141, 148-150. 

Enlisted  men  in  hospital,  1432. 

Enlistment  of  discharged  soldiers,  837. 

Escaped  prisoners'  money,  913. 

Farriers,  260. 

Final  statements,  1372-1374 

Fir.st  sergeants,  258. 

Flour  ration,  296. 

Furloughs,  109, 110, 1082,  A.AY.  11. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  252,  255, 
267,269,274,275. 

Incorrect  pajnients,  1389. 

lu.spection  after  taps,  383. 

Lance  corporals,  257. 

Lists  of  men  for  instruction,  post  school,  318. 

Messing  and  cooking,  280,  282. 

Morning  reports,  388. 


Company  Commanders— Continued . 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784, 787, 1352. 

Koncommissioned  officers.  92,  93,  256-261. 

Patients  in  hospital,  1439. 

Payment  of  deserters,  1381. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1352, 1356-1358. 

Practical  and  theoretical  instruction,  230. 

Property  responsibility,  274,  275,  361-663, 
1053-1056,  A.  W.  10. 

Public  animals,  1036. 

Reports  of  instruction,  231 . 

Return  of  troops,  789. 

Saddlers,  260. 

Settlements  with  quartermasters,  265. 

Small-arms  practice,  360,  361. 

Stationery,  1023. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  114. 

Uniform,  enlisted  men,  263,  272,  273. 

TVagoners,  260. 
Company  Noncommissioned  Officers: 

Appointments,  etc.,  256-261. 

Care  of  rations,  281. 

Desertion  vacates  position,  261 

First  sergeants,  9,  256, 258-261,  264,  376,  383, 
388, 482. 

Fuel,  1006. 

Funeral  honors  and  escorts.  439. 

Indian  scouts,  482. 

Management  of  kitchens,  281. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  261, 

Reproving,  256. 

Roster  duties,  368. 

"Warrants,  259. 
I  Whistles,  1202. 
I  Computation  of  Distances: 

Payment  of  mileage,  1321, 1326. 

Traveling  allowance,  disch.  soldiers,  1385. 
Computation  of  Sernee : 

Longevity  pay,  1311. 
Computation  of  Time: 

Extra  duty  pay,  169, 171. 
!       Personal  services,  651. 
!  Condemnation  of  Property : 

Articles  under  charge  of  guards,  456. 

Duties  of  inspectors,  878, 882-884. 

Inventories,  879-882,  885. 

Medical  supplies,  1463. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1524-1526. 

Property  once  condemned,  885. 

Signal  Corps  supplies,  1546. 

"Worn  or  shabby  in  use,  884. 
Condemned  Property: 

Marking  or  branding,  883. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1500, 1524-1526. 

Sale,  679,  680,  882,  883,  886,  888,  889, 1037 
Conduct  Unbecominj?  an  Officer : 

Dismissal,  A.  W.6L 
Conflnenient  of  Enlisted  Men  : 

Awaiting  trial  by  summary  courts.  936. 

Charged  with  crime,  A."W.  06. 

Civil  authorities,  1314. 

Commencement  and  expiration  ot  term,  944. 


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INDEX. 


Confinement  of  Enlisted  Men— Continued, 

Inquirj^  into  offense,  905. 

Length  of,  before  trial,  947. 

Limitation,  A.W.  60,  70. 

Xoncommissioned  officers,  904. 

Paj-ments  to,  on  release,  953. 

Places,  910, 946. 

Prisoners,  903,  907,  910-916,  947.  948, 

Report  of,  to  commander,  906,  A.W.  68. 

Sentences  of  courts -martial,  940-944, 948-952. 

"Without  charges,  908. 
Confinement  of  Oflicers : 

Arrested,  898,  A.W.  65,  70. 

Civil  authorities,  1314. 
Congressional  Committees : 

Salutes  and  honors,  408, 418. 

Travel  allowances  of  officers,  1335. 
Conspiracies : 

Suppression  by  the  Army,  487,   p.  67. 
Construction,  etc.: 

Alterations  of  plans  or  estimates,  1428. 

Hospitals,  1424-1429. 

Post  cemetery  walls  or  fences,  495. 

Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1427, 1428. 
Consuls-General : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  409,  418. 
Contagious  Diseases : 

Gratuitous  issue  of  clothing,  1194, 1442. 

Infected  clothing  and  public  animals,  708. 

Medical  and  hospital  property,  1441. 

Patients  and  hospital  attendants,  1442. 
Contempt  of  Court : 

Courts-martial,  A.W.  86. 
Contempt  or  Contemptuous  Words : 

Commanding  officer,  A.W.  20. 

President  of  the  United  States,  A.  W.  19. 
Contingent  Expenses : 

Department  headquarters,  197. 

Special  accounts  current,  621. 
Continuous  Service  Pay : 

Xotation  on  muster  and  pay  rolls,  1367. 

Rates  and  payment,  1366. 
Contractors : 

Aid  to  fulfill  contracts,  516. 

Bonds,  559-565,  573-577. 

Construction  and  repair  work,  565. 

Entitled  to  copy  of  contract,  554. 

Marking  supplies,  570. 

Payments  for  labor  and  material,  565. 
Contracts : 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 

Awards,  542-547. 

Beef  for  troops,  1250. 

Blanks,  550. 

Competition  to  be  invited,  519. 

Commanding  officers,  747. 

Conditions  necessarj'  before  making,  515. 

Construction  and  repair  work,  565. 

Definition  of  contract,  549. 

Disposition  of  copies,  554,  556,  558. 

Examination  and  approval,  555. 

Execution,  551-554. 


Contracts— Continued. 

Forms,  550. 

Involving  future  payment  of  monej".  579. 

Oath,  "returns  office  "  copy,  556. 

Officers  making,  responsibility,  519. 

Papers  relating  to,  558. 

Persons  in  military  service.  589. 

Printing,  510, 513. 

Purchase  of  public  animals,  1028. 

Purchases  Q.  M.  and  Sub.  Depts.,  557. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1058. 

Transportation  of  supplies,  1072. 

Unauthorized,  prohibited,  515. 
Contract  Surgeons: 

Baggage,  1119,1121. 

Fuel,  999. 

Quarters,  994. 

Returns  by  chief  surgeons,  1464. 
Conviction : 

Definition,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 
Convicts : 

Enlistment  prohibited,  825. 
Cooking  Stoves  and  Utensils  : 

Allowances,  1006, 1010. 

Company,  280. 
Cooks : 

Excused  from  ordinary  post  duties,  302. 

Extra  pay,  302. 

Inspection  and  muster,  302. 

Instruction,  280. 

Management  and  cooking  in  the  field,  280. 

Manual  for  Army,  280, 283. 

Target  practice,  302. 
Corn: 

Care  and  accountability,  1059-1064. 

Forage  ration,  1041. 
Com  Meal : 

Ration.  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Corporals : 

Appointments,  257,  260. 

Desertion  vacates  position,  261. 

Fuel,  1006. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  439. 

Indian  scouts,  482, 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  261. 

Reproving,  256. 

Roster  duties,  368. 

Selection  and  instruction,  256, 

Temporary  appointments,  260. 

Warrants,  259. 

Whistles,  1202. 
Corporations: 

Acceptance  of,  as  sureties,  574-577. 

Bonds,  473,  578. 

Contracts,  supplies,  and  services,  553. 

Money  vouchers,  642-644. 

Proposals,  supplies,  and  services,  530. 

Stockholders  as  sureties,  561. 

Surety  companies,  561,  574-578. 
Corps  Commanders: 

Return  of  troops,  789. 


INDEX. 


249 


Corps  Courts-Martial: 

Appointraeuts,  etc.,  A.  W.  81. 
Corps  of  Engineers: 

Chief  of  Engineers,  178,868.  1171,  1472,  1473, 
1475, 1481, 1482, 1485,1486,  A.  W.  81. 

Colors,  215. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  17. 

Extra  duty  details,  enlisted  men,  167. 

General  duties,  1472. 

Officers, 1472-1475, 1477-1484, 1487. 

Precedence  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  6. 

Special  regulations,  pp.  iii,  207. 

Troops,  1474-1476. 
Correspondence : 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  disbursing  officers,  740. 

Foreign,  761,  817. 

Xational  cemeteries,  492. 

Official  letters  and  orders,  752-783. 

Private,  officers  and  enlisted  men.  761. 

Eesignation  of  officers,  77, 78. 
Correspondence  with  Enemy : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  46. 
Councils  of  Administration: 

Company,  264,  287-301. 

Exchange,  209.  287-289. 

Mess,  287-289,  302,  303. 

Post,  130,  159,  160,  209,    263,    287-290,   292, 
286-299. 
Counsel : 

Employment  of  civil,  967, 968. 
Counsel  for  Accused : 

Detail,  qualifications  and  duties.  926. 

Judge-advocate  to  act,  A.  W.  90. 
Courtesies : 

Enlisted  men  to  officers  acknowledged,  404. 
Courtesy : 

Enjoined  on  military  men,  4. 
Courts-Martial : 

Acquittal  of  charge  of  desertion,  127. 

Annual  reports  of  trials,  etc..  891. 

Available  officers  for  duty,  191. 

Charges  against  enlisted  men,  927-929,  932, 
934,  A.\V.  67. 

Closed  sessions.  921. 

Counsel  for  prisoners,  926. 

Definition  of  conviction,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  K.  S. 

Extra  compensation  for  clerical  duties,  960. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1G06. 

Garrison,  29,  891, 931, 937, 956,  A.  W.  80,  82, 83, 
102, 103. 

General,  29, 890-892,  A.  W.  30,  58, 62-64, 72, 73, 
75,  76,  78,  79. 102, 103,  p.  231,  sec.  1343  R.  S. 

Interpreters,  961. 

Judge-advocates,  683,  921-924,  954,  955,  959, 
961,  965,  note  p.  227,  A.  W.  74,  84,  85,  90,92 
113. 

Manual,  938. 

Members,  917, 918,  920,  A.  W.  75, 78, 84, 87,  88, 
95. 

iS'oncommissioned  officers,  931. 

Places  where  held,  918. 

Powers,  920. 

Power  to  punish  contempt,  A.  "W.  86. 


1  Courts-Martial— Continued. 

President,  919,  954,  A.  W.  85. 

Previous  convictions,  929,  934. 

Proceedings,  890,  892,  894-896.  932,  945,  954- 
957,  A.W.  86-95,113, 114,121. 

Regimental,  931,  937. 

Reporters,  734, 958-960. 

Sentences,  29,  932,933,938-944,  A.  W.  38, 61, 
9&-98, 100, 101, 104-112. 

Sessions.  918. 

Stationery,  1027. 

Summary  courts,  29,  891,  931-936. 

Witnes.ses,  126,  922-925,  962,  966,  A.  W.  91, 92. 
Courts  of  Inquiry : 

Appointment,  etc.,  A.  W.  115. 

Composition,  A.  W.  116. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006, 

Members,  A.  W.  116, 117. 

Oaths,  A.  W.  117, 118. 

Opinion  of  the  court,  A.  W.  119. 

President,  A.  W.  117  120. 

Proceedings,  890. 892,  A.  W.  116, 118, 120, 121. 

Recorders,  A.  W.  116-118, 120. 

Stationery,  1027. 

Witnesses,  A,  W.  118. 
Cowardice: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  42, 100. 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  A."W.  100, 
Credit  Sales: 

Subsistence  supplies.  1285. 1288-1290. 
Crimes  or  Oftenses: 

Against  laws  of  the  land,  A.  W.  59. 

Convictions,  enlisted  men,  civil  courts,  147. 

Enlisted  men  charged  with,  A.  W.  06. 

Fraud  or  embezzlement,  A.  W.  60. 

Officers  charged  with.  A.  W.  65. 
Currency  Payments  to  Troops : 

See  Check  or  Currency  Payments  to  Troops. 
Custody  of  Public  Funds: 
I       National  bank  depositories.  581,  582,  584. 

Separate  accounts  and  deposits,  583. 

Treasurer  or  assistant  treasurer,  580,  584. 
Customs  Duties : 

Army  to  protect  collection,  487,  p.  68. 
Customs  Officers: 

Seamen  and  river  boatmen,  1447. 
Damages  to  Property : 

Barracks  and  quarters,  976,  977. 

Barrack  furniture,  977. 
I       Civilian  employees,  687. 

Classification,  681. 

Deserters,  686, 

Enlisted  men,  684,  685,  698,  A.  "W.  16,  17. 

Examination,  etc.,  boards    of    survey,  708. 
j       In  transit,  1126,  1127,  1149. 
!       Loaned,  mail  contractors,  207. 
I       Medical  supplies,  1463. 

Mess  property  and  utensils,  285. 

Officers,  682,  684,  A.  W.  15. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1500,  1513, 1522. 

Prevention,  674. 

Stoppages,  1344. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1245,  1246, 


250 


INDEX. 


Damages  to  Property— Continued. 

Table  ware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1200. 
Death  of  Officers  or  Men: 
Information  of,  from  records,  803. 
Payments,  1358. 
Kecords,  748,  749. 
Death  Penalty : 

Sentences  of  court-martial,  A.W.  96. 
Deceased  Officers: 
Accounts  for  advertisements,  509. 
Accounts,  medical  attendance,  etc.,  1456. 
Baggage,  professional  books,  etc.,  1120. 
Burial  in  post  cemeteries,  494. 
Checks  outstanding,  600. 
Disposition  of  remains,  85. 
Effects,  82,  83,  A.  W.  125, 127. 
Expenses  of  burial,  85. 
Funeral  honors  and  escort,  429, 430, 433, 437, 

438, 440, 447. 
Public  property  or  funds,  84. 
Eeports  of  death  and  burial,  81,  85. 
Deceased  Soldiers : 
Arrears  of  pay,  etc.,  161. 
Accounts,  medical  attendance,  etc.,  1456. 
Baggage,  professional  books,  etc.,  1120. 
Burial  in  post  cemeteries,  494. 
Certificates  of  merit,  181. 
Clothing  for  use  in  hurial,  1195. 
Deposits,  1377. 
Disposition  of  remains,  162. 
Effects,  158-161. 1439,  A.  W.  126, 127. 
Expenses  of  burial,  162. 
Funeral  honors  and  escorts,  434,  439. 
Patients  dying  in  hospitals,  1439. 
Reports  of  death  and  burial,  162. 
Deductions : 
Loss  or  damage  to  supplies  in  transit,  1127. 
Stoppages  of  pay,  1368. 
Tax  for  support  of  Soldiers'  Home,  1368. 
Deeds : 

Military  lands,  704,  890. 
Deflciencies  in  Public  Property: 

Stoppages,  1344. 

Stihsistence  supidies,  1231, 1245. 
Definitions : 

Artificers,  262. 

Company,  227. 

Conviction,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Desertion,  133. 

Extra  and  special  duty,  enlisted  men,  164. 

Fiscal  year  and  quarters,  617. 

Garrison  prisoners,  903. 

General  and  special  orders,  771, 772. 

General    and    sjyecial     recruiting    service, 
818. 

General  prisoners,  903. 

Indian  countrj',  475. 

Officer,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1492. 

Personal  service,  518. 

Quartermaster's  sujjplies,  1221. 

Rank,  7. 

Rations,  1251. 


Definitions— Continued. 
Recruiting  stations  and  rendezvous,  821. 
Rosters,  364. 
Separate  command.  790. 
Soldier,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 
Spring  wagons,  1074. 
Uniform,  273. 
Delays : 
Applications,  59. 
Officers  changing  stations.  65. 
Proceedings,  courts-martial,  A.  "W,  93. 
Regarded  as  furloughs,  107. 
Regarded  as  leaves  of  absence,  67. 
Returning  from  sick  leave,  63. 
Deliberations : 

Conveying  praise  or  censure  forbidden,  5. 
Department  Commanders : 

Absence  from  headquarters.  195. 

Administration  of  military  aftairs,  192. 

Appeals  referred  to,  for  decision,  194. 

Appeals  of  officers,  A.  W.  29. 

Artillery  inspectors,  350. 

Artillery  practice.  352. 

Assignments  to  command,  189. 

Authority  to  command,  190, 191. 

Awards  and  contracts.  541.  542. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  206,  985,  990. 

Board  of  survey,  709. 

Candidate  for  promotion,  28. 

Change  of  station  of  troops,  192. 

Chaplains,  39. 

Civilian  employees,  726. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1186, 1191. 

Company  commanders,  254. 

Contingent  ex])ense3, 197. 

Controversies  arising  within  command,  194. 

Condemned  property,  882, 888. 

Confinement  of  enlisted  men.  909, 911,  941. 

Councils  of  administration,  289. 

Courts-martial  proceedings,  894,  895. 

Deceased  officers,  81. 

Deserters,  121. 

Desertion,  special  reports,  115, 116. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140. 148,  A.  "W.  4. 

Disbursing  officers  on  staff,  740. 

Disposal  of  deserters,  117. 

Efficiency  reports,  807. 

Estimates,  745,  975. 

Examinations  for  promotion.  25,  30. 

Extra  and  special  duty  details,  164. 

Extra  duty  pay  172. 

Field  practice,  messing  of  enlisted  men,  280. 

Forage  rations.  1041. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Funeral  escorts,  etc.,  437. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  107-109. 

General  courts-martial,  A.  AV.  72, 70. 

General  hospitals,  1433. 

Hire  of  quarters,  988,  989. 

Hospital  corps,  1406. 

Hospitals,  1428. 

Hospital  transports,  1434. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1015, 1016, 1018. 


INDEX. 


251 


Department  Commanders— Continued. 

Imprisonment  of  enlisted  men,  941. 

Indian  country,  475. 

Indian  scouts,  482,  484. 

Insane  soldiers,  469,  472, 

Inspection  reports,  872, 882 

Inspections,  193. 

Inspectors,  860. 

Instruction  and  practice  signaling,  1544. 

Irregularities,  deficiencies,  etc.,  872,  875. 

Leave  of  absence,  otficera,  46,  61. 

Light  artillery  details,   officers  and    men, 

?.77. 
Loss  of  special  funds,  292. 
Messing  and  cooking.  283. 
Messing  of  enlisted  men,  field  practice,  280. 
Mounted  service,  1301, 1302. 
Movements  of  troops,  745. 
Officers  under  arrest,  899. 
Office  rooms.  1007. 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1497,  1498, 

1506, 1515, 1520, 1525. 
Ordnance  depots,  1495. 
Tayments  to  enlisted  men,  1350, 1361-1363. 
Personal  leave  beyond  command,  46. 
Personal  staff,  196. 
Post  gardens.  316. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  94, 101, 103. 
Post  schools,  318,  320. 

Practical  and  theoretical  instruction,  230. 
Public  moneys  by  express,  1128. 
Quartermaster's  .supplies,  1063. 
Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1428. 
Eegimental  field  officers,  232. 
Reports  from  officers,  742. 
Ketireraent  of  officers,  73. 
Returns  of  troops,  789. 
Signal  supplies,  1546. 
Small  -arms  practice,  357, 360. 
Special  and  annual  reports,  192, 193, 195. 
Staft'  officers  and  enlisted  men,  738. 
Stationery,  1023. 

Subsistence,  furioughed  men,  110. 
Subsistence  supplies  and  funds,  1227, 1228. 
Supervision  of  reservations,  210. 
Supervision  or  control,  190-192. 
Telegraph  accounts,  1213. 
Telegraphic  code,  1207. 
Transfer,  etc.,  of  enlisted  men,  113. 
Transportation,  furloughed  men,  110. 
Unimportant  communications,  769. 
"Witnesses,  925. 
Departments  : 
Candles  for  headquarters,  1265. 
Change  of  station  of  troops,  192. 
Civilian  employees'  headquarters,  725. 
Commanders.    See  Dept.  Commanders. 
Contingent  expenses,  197. 
Draft  and  pack  animals,  1071 . 
Engineer  officers  on  duty,  1483. 
Establishment,  189. 
Inspections,  193. 


Departments— Continued. 

Judge- Advocates,  196,   683,    891,   893,    1006. 
1301,  note  p,  227. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Movements  of  troops,  192. 

Office  rooms,  fuel  and  stoves,  1006-1008 

Orders,  782. 

Printing,  510-5 

Records  of  discontinued,  800. 

Returns,  57,  63,  789,  794-796. 

Staff.  196. 
Depositions: 

"Witnesses,  courts-martial,  A.AV.  91. 
Depositories,  Designated : 

Balances  unchanged  for  three  years,  586. 

Check  books,  606. 

Checks  in  payment  of  enlisted  men,  1351. 

Credit  proportioned,  582. 

Depositaries,  591, 592. 

Deposits  of  moneys  refunded,  etc.,  1391. 

Disbursing  officers'  deposits,  .'iSl,  582,  584, 
586. 

Lists.  581. 

Transfers  of  funds,  582. 
Deposits  of  Enlisted  Men : 

Books,  1371-1374. 

Check  or  currency  payments,  1360. 

Deceased  soldiers,  1377. 

Descriptive  lists,  1371. 

Discharged  for  fraud,  1386. 

Final  statements.  1372-1374. 

Forfeitures,  1372, 1378. 

Interest,  1376. 

Making  and  recording,  1360, 1371. 

Payments,  1372, 1374, 1375. 

Renewal  on  re-enlistment,  1375. 

Retained  pay,  1379. 

Tran.sfer  or  desertion,  1371, 1372, 1378. 

Unpaid  at  discharge,  1374. 
Deposits  of  Moneys  and  Collections: 

Balances  and  collections,  608-616. 

Certificates,  608, 609,  612,  613, 1502. 

Deserters'  effects,  130. 

Funds  of  other  staff  departments,  610. 

Funds  refunded,  etc.,  1391. 

Paymasters,  611* 

Places,  580. 

Proceeds  of  sale,  614-616. 

Received  for  disbursement,  580-584. 
Depot  Quartermaster,  Wasliingtou,  D,  C. : 

Artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1470, 1471. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  175. 
Depots  of  Supply : 

Annual  inspections,  868. 

Candles,  1265. 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Efficiency  reports,  807. 

Plats  of  land,  707. 

Quartermasters'  Department,  974. 

Supervision  or  control,  190, 974. 
Deputy  Paymaster-General : 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006, 


252 


INDEX. 


Deputy  Quartermaster-General : 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Descriptive  and  Assignment  Cards : 

Laundry  charges,  1192. 

Eecruits,  846, 850-853. 

Toilet  articles  sold  to  recruits,  1289. 
Descriptive  and  Deposit  Book: 

Company,  264. 

Record  of  deposits,  1371. 
Descriptive  Docks : 

Public  animals,  264, 1034, 1218. 

Kegimental,  243. 
Descriptive  Lists : 

Absent  enlisted  men  discharged,  149. 

Clothing  balances,  1182. 

Deposits,  1371. 

Deserters,  119. 122. 

Detached  enlisted  men,  105. 

Forfeitures  and  deductions,  1368. 

Insane  soldiers,  470. 

Navy  or  Marine  Corps,  deserters,  134. 

Patients  in  hospitals,  1439. 

Post  noncommissioned  staflT,  101. 

Public  animals,  1033, 1035. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  139. 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  136. 

Signal  sergeants,  1540. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  114. 
Deserters : 

Application  for  release,  etc,  120. 

Apprehended.  117, 119-121, 1184. 

Arrest,  delivery,  etc.,  116, 122. 

Awaiting  trial,  129. 

Board  of  survey,  115. 

Clothing  allowance  and  accounts,  1183-1185. 

Clothing  and  personal  effects,  129, 130, 1193. 

Definition,  133. 

Delivery,  120,  124,  125. 

Descriptive  lists,  etc.,  119, 122. 

Enlistment  prohibited,  825. 

Forfeitures,  132, 133. 

Identification,  123. 

Inquiry,  liability  to  trial,  120. 

Military  prisoners,  escaped,  128. 

Navy  or  Marine  Corps,  134. 

Pay  and  allowances,  129, 132. 133, 1380, 1381. 

Physically  disqualified,  117, 121. 

Property  carried  away  or  lost,  686. 

Property  lost  or  abstracted,  115. 

Reports,  etc.,  116, 118, 119. 

Restoration  to  duty  without  trial,  121, 132. 

Return  to  service,  131. 

Rewards  and  expenses,  124-128, 132. 

Special  annual  reports,  116. 

Statute  of  limitations,  120. 

Surrendered,  117, 119-121, 1184. 

Time  lost  to  be  made  good,  131-133. 

Trial,120, 121, 127, 129. 

"Witnesses  against,  126. 
Desertion: 

Advising  or  persuading,  A.  "W.  51. 

Causes  andattending  circumstances, 115. 116. 

Commencement,  definition,  etc.,  133. 


Desertion—  Continued . 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men.  1371, 1372, 1378. 

Enlistment  in  other  organizations,  A.  W.  50. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1358. 

Punishments,  A.  W.  47-51. 

Quitting  service  resignation,  A.  W.  49. 

Special  annual  reports,  116. 

Statute  of  limitations,  A.  W.  103. 

Time  lost  to  be  made  good.  A..  W.  48. 

Trial  after  expiration  of  service,  A.  W.  48. 
Destruction  of  Public  Property: 

Accountability,  destroyed  in   service,  697. 

Civilian  emploj^ees,  687. 

Classification,  681. 

Deserters,  686. 

Enlisted  men,  684,  685,  698,  A.  W.  16, 17. 

In  transit,  1126, 1127. 

Military  records,  802. 

Officers,  682,  684,  A.  W.  15. 

Ordnance,  ordnance  stores,  1510, 1522, 1523. 

Prevention,  674. 

Table  ware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1200. 
Detached  Service : 

Descriptive  lists,  105, 

Details  of  officers,  32,  34,  35. 

Engineer  officers  and  troops,  1474. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  785. 

Officers,  Forts  Monroe,  Leavenworth,  and 
Riley,  191. 

Orders  directing  travel,  66. 

Personal  reports,  officers,  805. 
Detachment  Commanders : 

Absentees  at  muster,  A.  W.  12, 13. 

Clothing  accounts,  1178-1185. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1164,  1172,  1178. 

Confinement  of  enlisted  men,  906. 

Daily  and  weekly  inspections,  260. 

Duties,  etc.,  381,  382. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784, 787. 

Property  responsibility,  661-663,  1053-1056, 
A.  W.  10. 

Ration  certificates,  1262. 

Returns  of  troops,  790. 

Settlement  with  quartermasters,  265. 
Detachments : 

Commanders.     See  Detachment  Command- 
em. 

Formation,  378-380. 

Fund,  300. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  785. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men  on  other  duty, 
379. 

Protecting  laborers,  rosters,  366. 

Report  on  return  from  duty,  382. 

Returns  of  strength,  790,  794-796. 

Sale  of  subsistence  supplies,  1282. 

Serving  together,  381. 
Details,  Enlisted  lien : 

Clerical  a.ssistant.  Judge- Advocate,  958. 

Extra  and  special  duty,  164,  305. 

Noncommissioned  officers.  256. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  99. 


INDEX. 


253 


Details,  Enlisted  Men— Continueil. 

Roster  duty,  364-377. 

Teachers,  post  schools,  317, 319. 
Details,  Offlcers: 

Accountable  for  property,  658.  659,  664. 

Acting  inspectors,  871. 

Aids,  33. 

Artillery  school,  463. 

Colleges,  86-90, 1069. 

Escorts  of  honor,  426. 

Exchange  council,  288. 

Field  officers'  court,  A.  W.  80 

General  recruiting,  819, 820. 

Instructors,  post  schools,  317. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344. 

Recruiting  in  departments,  854. 

Regimental  recruiting,  856. 

Roster  duties,  364-377. 

Special  duty  and  detached  serA'ice,  32,  34,  35. 

Special  inspectors,  871,  878. 

Torpedo  service  instruction,  346,  347. 
Detained  Pay : 

Discharged  for  fraud,  1386. 
Deteriorated  Stores : 

Destruction,  708. 
Diagnosis : 

Enlisted  men  on  sick  report,  1432. 
Directors  of  Instruction : 

Service  schools,  462, 467. 
Disabled  Soldiers: 

Re-enlistment,  etc.,  839. 
Disability,  Line  of  Duty: 

Muster  rolls,  1432. 
Disbursements  of  Money : 

Disallowances,  how  charged,  653,  654. 

Inspections,  200,  871, 876,  877. 
Disbursing  Officers : 

Acting  in  different  capacities,  584. 

Advances  to,  of  public  moneys,  580. 

Balances  unchanged  for  three  years,  586. 

Bonds,  571-578. 

Ceasing  to  act,  disposition  of  funds,  585. 

Correspondence,  740,  763. 

Deposit  by,  of  funds,  580, 583,  584. 

Errors  or  disallowances,  655.  656. 

Disbursing  officers'  receipt,  592. 

Duplicate  checks,  599. 

Funds  kept  in  personal  possession,  584. 

Gambling,  590. 

Inspection  of  accounts,  871,  876,  877. 

Insurance  on  public  money  or  property,  593. 

Interest  in  purchases,  etc.,  587,588. 

Opening  account,  591. 

Outstanding  and  unpaid  checks,  585. 

Payments,  accounts,  contract  service,  598. 

Pecuniary  responsibility,  653,  654. 

Purchases,  etc.,  of  supplies,  589. 

Rates  of  exchange,  593. 

Receipts,  592. 

Refundments,  stoppages,  etc.,  1391. 

Settlement  with  legal  representatives,  652. 

Signature  to  be  furnished  depositaries,  591. 

Transfer  of  funds,  639, 1391. 


Disbursing  Officers— Continued. 

Transferring  funds,  59-4,  .595. 
Disability  of  Enlisted  Men: 

Discharge,  140,  141,  154-157. 

Entry  on  muster  roll,  1432. 

Permanent  and  temporary,  154,  155 
Disoliarge  Certificates: 

Contents  and  preparation,  148. 

Correspondence  with  "War  Department,  143. 

Forms,  151. 

Furnished  on  discharge,  A.  "W".  4. 

Issue  of  duplicate,  143. 

Loss,  143. 

Notations  of  final  payments,  1383. 

Payment  on  fraudulent,  150. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  101. 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  136. 

Service  certificates  issued  in  lieu  of  lost,  143. 
Discharged  Soldiers : 

Certificates  of  merit,  181. 

Enlistment  of  certain,  prohibited,  825. 

Hospital  treatment,  1440. 

Payments,  1382-1388, 

Re-entering  service,  824,  825,  836-840. 

Special  authority  for  enlistment,  838. 
Discliarge  of  Officers : 

By  sentence,  or  order  of  President,  A.  W.  99. 
Discharge  of  Enlisted  Men: 

Absent  from  company,  149. 

Admission  to  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C,  174. 

Authority  to,  in  whom  vested,  140,  A.  W.  4. 

Before  expiration  of  service,  140. 

Certificates  of  discbarge,  101,  136,  143,  148, 
151, 1383,  A.  W.  4. 

Conviction  by  civil  courts,  147. 

Deposits,  1372. 

Disability,  140. 141, 154-157. 

Dishonorable,  151,  152,  916,949,  950. 

Disqualified  through  his  own  fault,  151. 

Expiration  term  of  service,  142. 

Final  statements,  141. 

Forfeiting  retained  pay,  151. 

Fraudulent  enlistment,  151. 

Furloughs,  116. 

Honorable,  151. 

Hospital  stewards,  931 

Imprisonment,  151. 

Indian  scouts,  481. 

Insane  soldiers,  470. 

Minor  children,  148. 

Patients  in  hospital,  1439. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  101,  104,  931. 

Purchase  by  .soldier,  144,  146. 

Recruits  for  disability,  822. 

Re-enlisted,  148. 

Serving  sentence,  151. 

Specially  ordered,  151. 

Transportation  and  allowance,  146,  153. 

Veterans,  145,  146. 

Without  honor,  151. 
Discipline : 

Commanding  general,  187, 188, 

Company,  252. 


254 


INDEX. 


Discipline — Continued. 

Conduct  prejudicial  to  good  order,  A.W,  62. 

Courtesy  enjoined,  4. 

Deliberations  or  discussions,  5. 

Exercise  of  authority,  2. 

Obedience  to  and  execution  of  orders,  1. 

Orders,  President  and  Secretary  of  War,  188. 

Post  commanders,  200. 

Post  schools, 324. 

Praise  or  censure,  5. 

Publications,  5. 

Punishments,  2. 

Respect  to  superiors,  4. 

Superiors  and  inferiors,  3. 

Use  of  influence,  5. 
Disclosing  Parole  or  Watchword  : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  44. 
Discontinued  Commands : 

Records,  800. 
Discussions : 

Conveying  praise  or  censure,  forbidden,  5. 

Orders,  etc.,  by  adjutants,  237. 
Diseases : 

Contagious,  708, 1194, 1441, 1442. 

Chronic,  1456. 

Record  and  reports  of  treatment,  etc.,  155. 
Dishonorable  Discharge : 

Effect  and  meaning,  152. 

Pardon  or  mitigation  of  punishment,  916. 

Preparation  of  certificate,  151. 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  949, 950. 
Disinfectants : 

Routine  issue,  1462. 
Dismissal  of  Officers  : 

By  sentence,  or  order  of  President,  1310,  A. 
■W.99. 

CouA'icted  of  unbecoming  conduct,  A.  W.  61. 

Cowardice  or  fraud,  A.  W.  100. 
Disobedience  of  Orders : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  21,  24. 
Disorders : 

Correction,  etc.,  by  officers,  A.  W.  54. 

Disturbing  courts-martial,  A.  W.  86. 

Quelling,  A.  W.  24. 
Dispatch  Agents,  U.  S.: 

Correspondence,  officers'  and  men's,  761. 
Disrespect  or  Disrespectful  Words: 

Commanding  officer,  A.  W.  20. 

President  of  the  United  States,  A.  W.  19. 
Distinguished  Service : 

Certificates  of  merit,  178-181. 

Medals  of  honor,  177. 
Divine  Service : 

Attendance  and  behavior,  A.  W.  52. 
Division  (Territorial)  Commander: 

General  courts-martial,  A.  W.  72. 
Divisions : 

Candles  for  headquarters,  1265. 

Commanders,  790,  A.  W.  73. 

Command  of  a  major-general,  14. 

General  courts-martial,  A.  W,  73. 

Organization  in  time  of  peace,  189. 


Divisions— Continued. 

Returns  of  strength,  790,794-796. 

Senior  engineer  officer,  1478. 
Domestic  Articles : 

Preference  over  foreign  articles,  545. 
Domestic  Violence ; 

Protection  of  States  against,  487,  p.  64. 

Suppression  by  the  Army,  487,  p.  67. 
Donations : 

Libraries  and  museums,  1130,  1132. 

Post  chapels,  1132. 
Dried  Fish: 

Ration,  1253. 
Dried  Fruit : 

Wastage,  1243. 
Drills : 

Enlisted  men  awaiting  trial,  etc.,  907. 

Extra-duty  men,  170. 

Post  commanders,  200, 

Reports,  231. 
Drunkenness  on  Duty: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  38. 
Dueling: 

Challenges.  A.  W.  26,  27. 

Prevention,  A.  W.  26. 

Principals,  A.  W.  26. 

Seconds  or  promoters,  A.  W.  27. 

Upbraiding  for  refusing  challenge,  A.W.  28. 
Duplicates: 

Rills  of  lading,  1140. 

Checks,  599. 

Transportation  requests,  1094. 
Easements : 

Military  lands.  704,  890. 
Effects  of  Deceased  Officers: 

Delivery  to  legal  representatives,  82,  83. 

Inventories,  82,  A.  W.  125. 

Officer  charged  with,  A.W.  127. 

Sales,  83. 

Swords,  watches,  trinkets,  etc.,  83. 
Effects  of  Deceased  Soldiers: 

Applications  for  proceeds  of  sale,  161. 

Delivery  to  legal  representatives,  161. 

Inventories,  158,  A.  W.  126. 

Officer  charged  with,  A.  W.  127. 

Sale  of  unclaimed,  159, 160. 
Effects  of  Deserters: 

Disposition,  130. 
Effects  of  Escaped  Prisoners: 

Inventories,  913. 
Efficiency  Reports: 

Care  enjoined  in  preparation,  811. 

Channels  through  which  forwarded,  808,  810. 

Extracts,  inspection  reports,  810. 

Final  disposition,  812. 

Reporting  officers,  807,  809. 
Embezzlement: 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores.  1510. 

Pnblic  moneys  or  property,  A.  W.  60. 
Emergencies: 

Control  during,  of  troops,  etc.,  190, 191. 

Express  transportation,  1128. 


INDEX. 


265 


Emergeuoies— Continued. 

Movements  of  troops,  192. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1496.  1497, 1506. 

Purchases.     See  Oral  Agreements. 

Transfers  of  hospital  corps,  1406. 

Use  of  tents,  1205. 
Encampments: 

Private  lands  occupied,  979. 
Enemy : 

Correspondence,  etc.,  relief,  etc., A.  W. 45, 46. 
Enforcement  of  the  Laws : 

Civil  rights,  487,  p.  64. 

Collection  of  custom.s  duties,  487,  p. 68. 

Commanding  officers,  486, 488-491. 

Distilleries,  Indian  country,  487,  p.  65. 

Domestic  violence  in  States,  487,  pp.  64,  67. 

Extradition  treaties,  487,  p.  66. 

Guano  Islands,  487,  p.  68. 

Indian  country,  487,  pp.  64,  65. 

Insurrection,  487,  pp.  66,  67. 

Interstate  and  foreign  commerce,  487,  p.  67. 

Intruders  on  public  lands.  487,  pp.  65,  66. 

Invasion,  487,  p.  64. 

Land-grant  railroads,  etc.,  487,  pp.  67,  68. 

Neutrality  laws,  487,  p.  66. 

Peonage,  487,  p.  64. 

Quarantine  regulations.  487,  p.  66. 

Timber  depredations  in  Florida.  487,  p.  65. 

Trespassers  on  public  lands,  487,  pp.  65, 66. 

United  States  mails.  487,  p.  67. 
Engineer  Department: 

Charts,  harbors  and  channels,  351. 

Civilian  employees,  expenses,  734. 

Corps  of  Engineers,  6,  17, 167, 178,  215,  219, 
868, 1171, 1472-1487,  A.  W.  81. 

Inspection  of  works,  868. 

Management,  1472. 

Maps  and  reconnaissances,  458,  460, 461. 

Permanent  works  of  defense,  211. 

Public  buildings,  etc. ,  D.  C,  704,  890. 1472. 

Washington  Aqueduct,  704, 890, 1472. 
See  also  Chief  of  Engineers. 
Engineer  Officers : 

Commander  in  the  field,  1477,  1481. 

Construction  of  works  by  troops,  1479. 

Department  duties,  196, 1483. 

Detached  from  corps.  1474. 

Efficiency  reports,  807. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

General  duties,  1472, 1473. 

Journals  of  attack  and  defense,  1482. 

Plans  of  military  works,  1482. 

Post  duties,  203, 1483. 

Promotions,  22. 

Quarters,  fuel,  etc.,  1484. 

Reportsof  engineering  operations,  1480,1481. 

Senior  with  array  corps,  etc.,  1478, 1481. 

Special  service,  1475. 

Surveys  and  reconnaissances,  1480. 

Travel  allowance  and  mileage,  1487. 
Engineers : 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 


Engineers— Continued. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  731. 
Engineer  School,  Willets  Point,  X.  Y. : 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 
Supervision  or  control,  190. 
Torpedo-service  instruction,  346. 
Engineer  Troops: 
Allowances,  etc.,  1476. 
Detached  from  corps,  1474. 
Special  service,  1475. 
Enlisted  Men : 
Absence  without  leave,  126, 127, 133,  A. TV. 

31-35,  40. 
Altering  or  taking  apart  arms,  276. 
Ammunition,  1513. 
Appeals,  A.  W.  30. 
Arms,  etc.,  in  barracks,  268. 
Arrested  by  civil  authorities,  1314. 
Artificial  limbs  and  appliances,  1467-1471. 
Artillery  instruction,  462, 463. 
Attendance  at  funerals,  442. 
Attendance,  etc.,  post  schools,  317-324. 
Awaiting  sentence,  945. 
Barrack  bag,  269. 

Bimonthly  reports  of  strength,  791. 
Box  lockers  and  locks,  981. 
Buildings  erected,  places  of  amusement,  311. 
Care,  etc.,  of  clothing.  269-271. 
Care,  etc.,  of  rooms  and  furniture,  977. 
Cavalry  instruction,  464, 465. 
Certificates  of  merit,  178-181. 1370. 
Charges  against,  927-929,  932, 934,  A.  W.  67. 
Children,  post  schools,  322. 
Cleanliness,  dress,  etc.,  269,  271, 272, 1393. 
Clothing  accounts,  1178-1185, 1192. 
Clothing  and  equipage,  269-271,  1163,  1174. 

1178, 1179,1186-1191, 1193-1195, 1393. 
Commutation  of  rations,  1082, 1272-1279. 
Company  bearers.  1412, 1413. 
Confinement,  903-916,  936,  944,  946,  948-953, 

A.  W.  66,  70. 
Contempt  or  disrespect,  A.  W.  20. 
Damaged  clothing,  887. 
Deceased,  158-162, 181, 434, 439,  494, 1120. 1195, 

1377, 1439, 1456,  A.  W.  126, 127. 
Definition  of  soldier,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 
Deposits,  1360, 1386, 1371-1379. 
Deserters,  115-134,  686,  825,  1183-1185,  1193, 

1330, 1381. 
Desertion,   115,   116,    133,  1358,  1378,  A.  W. 

47-51, 103. 
Detached  service,  105. 
Discharges,  101, 104, 116, 136, 140-157, 174,  470, 

481,822,916,931,949,950.1372,  1383,  1439, 

A.  W.  4. 
Disrespectful    or    contemptuous    words 

against  the  President,  A.  "W.  19. 
Dispatches  in  the  field.  781, 
Divine  service,  A,  W.  52. 
Drunkenness  on  duty,  A.  W.  38. 
Dueling,  A.  W.  26-28. 
Extra  and  special  duty,  99, 163-172, 263, 305, 

306,  319, 1223, 1640. 


256 


INDEX. 


Enlisted  Men— Continued. 

Extra  pay,  180. 

Fitting  equipments,  278. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  434,  439. 

Furloughs,  106-112, 1082,  A.W.  11. 

General  courts-martial  proceedings,  894. 

Hiring  of  duty,  A.W.  36,  37. 

Hospital  stores,  1450, 1456. 

Infantry  instruction.  464,  465. 

Insane,  469,  470. 

Instruction  in  signaling,  1544. 

Labor,  333, 495. 

]ieaving  post  on  pass,  271. 

Medals  of  honor,  177. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1450-1457. 

Messing  and  cooking,  280-286. 

Mess  furniture  in  the  field,  286. 

Messing  separately  from  company,  296 

Military  history,  748, 749. 

Mutiny  and  sedition,  A.W.  21-24, 43. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  9,  91-104, 107, 108, 
166,  167,  238,  241,  242,  256-261, 264,  281,  368, 
376,  383,  388,  398,  439,  471,  482,  694,  784,  791, 
902,  904-906,  931,  1006,  1010,  1101,  1102, 
1109, 1119, 1202,  1203, 1363,  A.  W.  24,  37. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1500, 1522. 

Payments,  112, 138, 139, 169, 287, 945, 1275-1279, 
1312, 1314, 1348-1370, 1374-1376, 1380-1389. 

Presence  at  parades,  449. 

Profanity,  A.W.  53. 

Promotion  from  ranks,  24-30, 1121, 1122,1334. 

Property  damaged,  684,  685,  698,  A.  W.  16, 
17. 

Pursuit  of  deserters,  125. 

Quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  A.W.  24, 25. 

Rations,  1251-1264. 

Retained  pay,  1379. 

Retired,  135-139, 434, 1120, 1147, 1451. 

Retirement,  135-139. 

Roster  details  and  duty,  364-377. 

Sales,  1282, 1283, 1285, 1289. 

Salutes  by,  to  officers,  396-404. 

Selling  arms,  etc.,  A.W.  60. 

Sick  call,  1431. 

Staff"  corps  and  departments,  737, 738. 

Stoppages,  721. 

Straw  for  bedding,  1048. 

Surgical  appliances,  1456. 

Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1200. 

Teachers,  post  schools,  317,  319. 

Transfer,  1182. 

Transfer  or  exchange,  113, 114, 155, 1182, 1371. 

Transfers  to  hospital  corps,  1403. 

Transmission  by,  of  dispatches,  781. 

Travel  on  duty,  107,  1082,  1101,  1102,  1273, 
1275. 

Trial  for  off"enses  not  capital,  A.  ^Y.  80-82. 

Unauthorized  sale  of  property,  A.  W.  16, 
17. 

Uniform  and  dress,  272, 1548-1551. 

Violence  toward  traders,  A.W.  56. 

Waste  of  private  property,  A.  W.  55,  59. 

Witnesses,  military  or  civil  courts,  72, 925. 


Enlistment  Papers: 

Date  of,  824, 836. 

Forms,  833. 

Hospital  corps  recruits,  1400. 

Indian  scouts,  485. 

Minors,  829. 

Name  of  recruit,  834. 

Oath,  831. 

Preparation,  etc.,  833. 

Recruits  on  probation,  824. 

Re-entering  service,  836. 
Enlistments  and  Be-enlistmeuts : 

Antedating,  835. 

Continuous  service  pay,  1366, 1367. 

Date  of,  824,  836. 

Enlistment  papers,  485,  824, 829,  831,  833,  834, 
836, 1400. 

Enticing  by  false  representations,  830. 

Father  of  minor  child,  828. 

Fitness  and  aptitude,  824. 

Fraudulent,  847, 1386, 1387,  note,  p.  224. 

Hospital  corps,  1398-1400. 

Indian  scouts,  481,484. 

Married  persons,  828,  1404. 

Minors,  825,  826,  829,  A.  W.  3. 

Original,  824. 

Prohibited  classes,  825. 

Qualifications  of  applicants,  823,  824. 

Recruiting  officers,  826, 827,829,  830, 836,  837. 

Recruits  on  probation,  824. 

Re-enlistments,  103, 837-840, 1366,  1375,  1398, 
1404. 

Re-enlistment  pay,  1365, 1367. 

Re-entering  service,  824,  836-838. 

Signal  Corps  sergeants,  1539. 

Special  authority  required,  838. 

Without  discharge,  A.  W.  50. 
Ensign,  ^'avy: 

Ranks  with  second  lieutenant,  Army,  12. 
Envelopes: 

Penalty,  813-815,817, 
EnToys,  American  or  Foreign  : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  409, 418. 
Epidemics  : 

Transfers  of  hospital  corps,  1406. 
Equipments : 

Ambulances,  1416. 

Barracks,  regulation,  268. 

Care  and  preservation,  270,  271. 

Company,  252. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 

Field  cooking  device,  286. 

Fitting  and  changing,  278. 

Horse,  1501, 1502. 

Leather  dressing  material,  277. 

Marking,  242, 279. 

Militia,  1131 

Regimental  bauds,  242, 248. 
Erasures: 

Bills  of  lading,  1139. 

Proposals,  suj^plies  and  services,  532. 


INDEX. 


257 


Escaped  Prisoners : 

EflGects,  moneys,  and  keepsakes,  913. 

Punishment  for  permitting,  etc.,  A.W.  69. 

Eewards,  etc.,  128. 
Escorts: 

Commanders,  19. 

Honor,  composition,  etc.,  426. 

Insane  soldiers,  469,  471,  472. 
Estimates : 

Alterations  of  approved,  1428, 

Barracks  and  quarters,  978. 

Channels,  764. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1164-1174, 1199. 

Examination,  revision, and  approval, 744-746. 

Fortifications,  materials  for  repairs.  333. 

Funds,  580. 

Hospitals,  1426, 1428. 

Kitchen  utensils,  1199. 

Mineral  oil,  1019. 

Preparation,  etc.,  743. 

Quartermaster's  Department,  975. 

Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1426, 1428. 

Subsistence  supplies  and  funds,  1229. 

Table  ware,  etc.,  1199. 

Veterinary  supplies,  1038, 1039. 
Evidence : 

Courts-martial,  A.  W.  91, 92,  121. 
Courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W.  116, 118. 
Previous  conviction,  929,  934. 
Proceedings,  boards  of  survey,  710-712. 
Eelief  of  officers  fromresponsibility,  710,  711. 
Examination  for  Appointment  or  Promotion : 
Appointees,  second  lieutenants,  25,  27, 30. 
Hospital  stewards  and  privates,  1397. 
Information  concerning,  748. 
Line  of  Army,  23. 
Ordnance  corps,  1490. 
Signal  Corps,  1538. 
Staff  corps  and  departments,  22. 
Examination  of  Accounts  and  Returns : 
Chiefs  of  bureaus,  655,  701,  702. 
Errors  or  disallowances,  656,  701,  702. 
Refundment  for  deficient  articles,  701,  702. 
Exceptional  Articles : 

Sales  to  officers,  1283. 
Exchange  or  Barter : 

Supplies  purchased  from  commissary,  1287 
Exchange  or  Surrender: 

Public  animals,  1036. 
Exchange  or  Transfer : 
Commissioned  officers,  42, 43,  344, 463, 1069. 
Enlisted  men,  113, 114, 155. 
Exchange,  Post: 

Council,  209,  287-289. 

Council  book,  209. 

Erection  of  building  by  enlisted  men,  311. 

Establishment  and  maintenance,  325. 

Fund,  287.  291,  292, 

Operations  and  financial  condition,  326. 

Profits  paid  to  regimental  fund,  295. 

Sales  to,  of  bread,  296. 

Sales  to,  of  subsistence  supplies,  1282. 

12851  A  K 17 


Exchange,  Post— Continued. 

Seeds  for  post  gardens,  315. 

Special  regulations,  p.  iii,  par.  325. 
Execution  of  the  Laws : 

Obstructing  or  hindering,  487,  p.  67, 
Expeditions : 

Escort  commanders'  duties,  19, 
Expenditures : 

Ammunition,  360,  361, 1511-1514. 

Appropriations  for  support  of  Army,  736. 

Commanding  officers,  747. 

Disallowances,  how  charged,  653. 

Exceeding  appropriations,  579. 

Inspections,  department  commander,  193. 

Obedience  to  orders,  653. 

Posts  and  reservations,  204,  206. 

Special  funds,  287, 291,  295. 

Veterinary  medicines  and  dressings,  1039. 
Expenses,  etc.: 

Arrest,  etc.,  of  deserters,  124-126, 132. 

Attendants,  horses,  mounted  officers,  1069. 

Burial  of  officers  and  soldiers,  85,  162. 

Escaped  general  prisoners,  128. 

Post  bakeries,  307. 

Recovery  of  public  property,  691. 
Expert  Accountant,  Insp.  Gen.  Department: 

Transportation  and  expenses,  733,  734. 
Expiration  of  Leave : 

Defined,  53,  54. 
Expiration  of  Term  of  Service : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  142,  A.  W.  4. 

Payments  to  officers,  1312. 

Trial  of  deserters,  A.  W.  48. 
Explorations,  iMilitary: 

Travel  allowance,  officers,  1333. 
Exploring  Expeditions: 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1509. 
Outfits,  672. 
Express  Transportation : 
Baggage,  etc.,  1118. 
Letters  or  packages,  816. 
Limited  to  emergencies,  1128. 
Pay  of  troops,  1349, 1352, 1353. 
Pu,blic  moneys,  1128. 
Extensions : 
Furloughs,  107. 

Leaves  of  absence,  44-46, 48, 52, 59. 
Limits,  officers  under  arrest,  898. 
Extra  and  Special  Duty: 
Artificers,  wagoners,  etc.,  168. 
Attendance,  drills  and  inspections,  170. 
Bakers.  305,  306. 
Defined,  164. 

Drills  and  inspections,  170. 
Employment  of  troops  in  labors,  163. 
Hours  of  labor,  171. 
Labor  in  camp  or  garrison,  164. 
Limitation  of  details,  172. 
Mode  of  detail,  164. 
Noncommissioned  officers,  99, 166, 167. 
Pay,  164, 165,  167-109, 171, 172,  306,  319. 


258 


INDEX. 


Extra  and  Special  Duty— Continued. 

Quartermaster's  Department,  164,  168. 1223 

Restrictions  in  employment,  164. 

Subsistence  Department,  164. 

Tailors,  263. 
Extradition  Treaties : 

Protection  of  persons  extradited,  487,  p.  66. 
False  Alarms : 

Punishment  for  occasioning,  A. TV.  41. 
False  Certificates : 

Absentees  at  muster,  A.  W.  13. 

Frauds  upon  the  Government,  A.  W.  60. 

Pay  of  the  Army,  A.  W.  13. 
False  Musters : 

Man  or  horse,  A.  TV.  14. 

Persons  not  soldiers,  A.  "W.  5. 
False  Papers : 

Frauds  upon  the  Government,  A.  W.  60. 
False  Representations: 

Enticing  into  service,  830. 
False  Returns : 

Troops  and  property,  A.  "W.  8. 
Families,  Officers,  Soldiers,  etc. : 

Burial  in  post  cemeteries,  494. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1450, 1456, 

Sales  to,  of  subsistence  supplies,  1280. 
Farriers : 

Appointment,  etc.,  260. 

Extra  duty  detail  and  pay,  168. 

Indian  scouts,  484. 

Instruction  by  veterinary  surgeon,  185. 
Father  of  Minor : 

Consent  to  enlistment  of  child,  826, 829. 

Enlistment  or  re-enlistment,  828, 838. 
Fatigue  Dress : 

Worn  by  enlisted  men,  when,  272. 
Fatigue  Duty : 

Light  batteries,  377. 

Performed  by  roster,  366. 
Faror: 

Discharge  of  veterans,  145, 146. 
Fees: 

Administering  oath,  649. 
Ferries : 

Passage  of  troops,  teams,  etc.,  1107, 1108. 

Purchase,  use,  etc.,  of  tickets,  1108. 
Field  Music : 

Instruments,  1202. 

Saluting,  389-391. 
Field  Musicians : 

Procedure  when  needed,  249. 

Roster  duties,  368. 

Separation  from  companies,  247. 

Signals  for  roll  calls,  etc.,  386. 
Field  Notes  and  Sketches : 

Maps  and  reconnaissances,  457-459. 
Field  Officers: 

Personal  report,  793. 

Returns  of  detached  companies,  793. 
Field  Officers'  Court: 

Constitution,  A.  TV.  80. 

Jurisdiction,  A.  TV.  80, 82,  83, 102, 103. 


Field  Service  and  Duties : 

Baggage,  1119. 

Barrack  furniture  and  equipage,  983. 

Cooking  device,  286. 

Details  by  roster,  365. 

General  mess,  303. 

Hospital  corps,  286, 1420-1423. 

Inspection,  193. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1051. 

Savings  of  flour,  296. 
Field  Works,  etc.: 

Engineer  oificer's  duties,  1472, 1479. 

Journals  of  attack  and  defense,  1482. 

Plans,  etc.,  1482. 

TVorking  parties,  1479. 
Final  Payment,  Enlisted  Men : 

l^otification  to  paymaster,  150. 
Final  Statements : 

Character,  etc.,  on  discharge,  148. 

Clothing  balance,  1182. 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1372-137'!,  1377. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  141. 

Forfeitures  and  deductions,  1368, 1369. 

Forms,  151. 

Lost  or  mislaid,  1.384. 

Minors  discharged  for  fraud,  1386. 

Money  accounts,  648. 

Patients  discharged  from  hospital,  1439. 

Payments  to  discharged  soldiers,  1382-1384. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  784. 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men.  136. 

Transportation  charges,  153. 
Firemen : 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  731. 
Fires : 

Commissary  storehouses,  1248. 

Loss  of  property,  1245. 

Magazines,  340. 
Firing  Artillery : 

Reports  to  Chief  of  Ordnance,  356. 
Firing  Regulations : 

Small  arms,  357,  358. 
Firms: 

Acceptance  of,  as  sureties,  561. 

Contracts,  552. 

Money  vouchers,  641. 

Proposals,  530. 
First-Aid  Treatment: 

Instruction,  1413. 
First  Lieutenants  : 

Baggage,  1119. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  433, 437, 440. 

Light  or  mounted  batteries,  1067. 

Ordnance  corps,  1489. 

Promotion  to  grade,  23. 

Qujirters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  with  J  unior  lieut  enants  of  the  Navy,  12. 

Roster  duty,  368. 

Signal  Corps,  15:!8. 

Stationery,  1023. 


INDEX. 


259 


First  Sergeants: 

Desertion  vacates  position,  261. 

Horses  oi"  (lisiuounted  men,  376. 

Indian  scouts,  482. 

Inspection  after  taps,  383. 

Morning  reports,  388. 

Orders  entered  in  companj'  order  book,  264. 

Hank  and  i)recedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  261. 

Reproving,  256. 

Return  to  grade  of  sergeant,  258. 

Roll  calls,  383. 

Selection  and  appointment,  258,  260. 

WaiTants,  259. 
Fiscal  Year: 

Balances  at  close,  disposition,  etc.,  623-625. 

Defined,  etc.,  617. 

Notations  on  money  accounts,  619. 

Remittances  of  funds,  618. 
Fisli: 

Ration,  1253. 
Flag  Officer  of  the  Na^  y : 

Funeral  honors,  431. 
Flags : 

Ceremonies  on  lowering  at  retreat,  450. 

Description,  etc.,  212. 

Dipping  of,  at  military  posts,  419. 

Garrison,  post,  and  storm,  213. 

Guards,  454. 

Half  staff,  429,  431-437. 

Hospital  and  ambulance,  214. 

National  festivities,  loreign,  vessels,  425. 

Small-arms  practice,  362. 
Flogging: 

Sentence  of  a  court-martial,  A.  W.  98. 
Florida : 

Timber  depredations,  487,  p.  65. 
Flour : 

Issues  and  sales,  296. 

Ration,  296,  1253. 

Savings,  296,  307. 

Small  arms  practice,  362,  1265. 

AYastage,  1243. 
Food  and  Cooking : 

Daily  inspections,  266. 

Examination  by  medical  oflBcers,  1393. 

Prisoners'  food,  284. 
Forage : 

Allowance  to  officers,  1044, 1045. 

Beef  cattle,  1280. 

Care  and  accountabilitj,  1059. 1064. 

Contracts  for,  or  purchase,  515. 

Furnished  by  Q.  M.  Department,  972 

Issue,  1043. 

Military  attach^,  36. 

Purchase  by  officers,  1046. 

Ration,  1041, 1042. 

Requisitions,  1021. 

Sales  by  officers,  1047. 

Transportation  at  posts,  1077. 

Fnconsumed,  1047. 

Use  and  disposition,  1047. 

Verification  of  quantities,  1061. 


Forage  Masters : 

Interest  or  concern  in  purchases,  etc.,  1057. 
Forcing  Safeguard : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  57. 
Foreign  Articles: 

Preference  to  be  given  domestic  articles,  545. 

Purchase  abroad  for  importation,  517. 
Foreign-Commerce  Laws: 

Enforcement  of,  by  the  Army,  487,  p  67. 
Foreign  Correspondence : 

Officers  and  men,  761. 

Penalty  envelopes,  817. 
Foreign  Countries: 

Correspondence,  761, 817. 

Delivery  of  Government  publications,  37. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men  visiting,  55, 56, 109. 
Foreign-Serrice  Officers : 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 415, 418. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  421. 
Foreign  Vessels  of  War : 

Celebration  of  national  festivities,  425. 

Salutes  and  honors,  417. 

Visits  and  courtesies.  421-425. 
Forfeitures : 

Abatement  terms  of  confinement,  915. 

Commencement  of  sentence,  945. 

Continuous  service  pay,  1366. 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1378. 

Deserters,  129, 132, 133, 1381. 

Notations  on  muster  and  pay  rolls,  1369. 

Re-enlistment  pay,  1365. 

Retained  pay,  1369, 1379. 
I       Sentences  of  courts-martial,  951, 952. 
I  Forgery: 

Frauds  upon  the  Government,  A.  AV.  60. 
Forms,  Blank : 

Alterations  or  new  forms,  1552. 

Bills  of  lading,  1135. 

Bonds  of  contractors,  560. 

Certificates  of  discharge,  151. 

Final  statements,  151. 

Inspector-General's  Department,  876, 879. 

Manuscript  forbidden,  751. 

Notes  and  directions,  1552. 

Official  telegrams,  1214. 

Ordnance  Department,  1535. 

Printing,  514. 

Reconnaissance,  458, 460, 461. 

Subsistence  Dejiartment,  1293. 

Supplied  by  chiefs  of  bure.ius,  1552. 
Fortifications: 

Alterations,  etc.,  1485. 

Brick  masonry  or  concrete  work,  331. 

Buildings  near,  1485. 

Care  and  maintenance  of  grounds,  327-330. 

Construction  and  repairs,  705,  706, 1472, 

Courts-martial,  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  703. 

Grazing  about,  prohibited,  328. 

Labor  for  care,  etc.,  333. 

Materials,  etc.,  for  repair,  etc.,  333. 

Notification  of  completion,  1486. 

Occupation  by  troops,  1486. 

Permanent  works  of  defense,  190,  211. 


260 


INDEX. 


Fortifications— Continued. 

Supersision,  190. 

Ventilation,  332. 

Views  of,  not  to  be  taken,  334. 

Wooden  constructions,  332. 
Fortresses : 

Engineer  officer  on  duty,  1483. 
Forts : 

Construction  and  repairs,  705, 706. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  703. 

Permanent  posts,  styled,  199. 

Plats  of  land,  707. 
Fractions  of  Cents: 

How  reckoned.  635. 
Frauds: 

Crimes  of,  against  the  U.  S.,  A.  W.  60. 

Payments  on  discharge  certificates,  150, 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  100. 
Fraudulent  Enlistment: 

Declared  a  military  offense,  note,  p.  224. 

Deposits  and  detained  pay,  1386,  1387. 

Keports  to  Adjutant-General,  847. 
Fraudulent  Transactions: 

Investigation,  863. 
Frays : 

Quelling,  A.  ^V.  24. 
Freiglit  Transportation: 

Letters  or  packages,  816. 
Fuel: 

Bakeries,  304, 1004. 

Care  and  accountability,  1059-1064. 

Chapels,  313. 

Contract  for,  or  purchase,  515. 

Engineer  officers,  1484. 

General  messes,  285. 

Gymnasiums,  313. 

Increased  allowance,  1006, 1011. 

Issued  to  troops,  1004,  1005. 

Libraries,  313. 

Messes,  285. 

Military  attaches,  36. 

Monthly  allowance,  1006. 

Officers  and  families,  998-1003. 

Post  schools,  313. 

Heading  rooms,  313. 

Kequisitions,  1021. 

Eetired  officers  and  men,  138,  998. 

Standard  and  equivalents,  1002. 

Verification  of  quantities,  1061. 

Veterinary  surgeon,  183. 
Fund  Book : 

Eegimental,  243,  295. 
Funds,  Special : 

Bakery,  287-289, 291-293, 29ft-299. 

Band,  300. 

Company,    287,    291-293,   296,   300-302,    315, 
316. 

Detachment,  300. 
Hospital,  300,  315, 1446-1448. 

Mess,  287, 291-293,  302,  303. 
Eegimeutal,  243,  248,  292,  293,  295. 
Slush, 294. 


Funeral  Honors : 

Civil  functionaries,  432. 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army,  428 
Enlisted  men  at  posts,  434. 
Escorts,  437-440,  445. 
Flag  officer  of  the  Navy,  431. 
Flags  at  half  staff,  429,  431-t37. 
Funerals,  430-434,  437-442,  445. 
General  officers,  429,  430. 
Minute  guns,  430-432. 
Mourning,  443-446. 
Officers  at  posts,  433. 
Officers  without  command,  447. 
President  of  the  United  States,  427. 
Eetired  officers,  429. 
Salutes  with  cannon,  427-430. 
Secretary  of  War,  428, 437. 
Funeral  Services : 

Eecord  at  posts,  40. 
Furloughs : 
Arms  and  accoutrements,  112. 
Beyond  limits  of   next    higher  command, 

109, 
Commutation  of  rations,  1273, 1275-1279. 
Delays,  107. 

Exceeding  limits,  109, 1273. 
Granted,  by  whom,  106-108,  A.  W.  11. 
Payments  while  absent,  112. 
Period  and  extensions,  106-108,  A.  W.  11. 
Previous  furloughs,  109. 
Post  noncommissioned  staff",  107, 108. 
Re-enlistments,  conditions,  107. 
Subsistence,  returning,  110. 
Transportation,  110,  111,  1082. 
Visiting  foreign  countries,  109. 
When  not  granted,  106. 
Furniture : 
Barrack,  977, 982,  983. 
Mess  and  table,  285. 
Office  military  attach^,  36. 

Policing  in  barracks,  270. 
Post  bakeries,  304. 
Gains: 

Subsistence  supplies,  1231, 1242. 
Gambling: 

Disbursing  officers,  590. 
Gardens: 

Distribution  and  sale  of  products,  316. 

Grounds  to  be  set  aside,  314. 

Eegulations,  316. 

Seed, 315. 
Garrison  Courts-Martial : 

Annual  reports  of  trials,  etc.,  891. 

Appointment,  etc.,  A.  W.  82. 

Jurisdiction,  A.  W.  80,  82, 83, 102, 103. 

Orders  appointing,  937. 

Proceedings,  956. 

Trial  of  candidates  for  jironiotion,  29. 

Trial  of  non-commissioned  officers,  931. 
Garrison  Flags : 

Description  and  wlien  tised,  213. 

Salutes  and  honors,  416. 

Saluting,  405. 


INDEX. 


261 


Garrison  Prisoners : 

See  Prisoners. 
Garrisons : 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  W.  31. 

Engineer  officers  on  duty,  1483. 

Provisions  for  soldiers,  A.  W.  56. 

Roster  duty  details,  305. 

Uniform   and  clothing,  enlisted  men,   272 
273. 
Gauntlets : 

Issue  to  enlisted  men,  1190. 
General  Courts-Martial: 

Annual  reports  of  trials,  etc.,  891. 

Appeals  of  enlisted  men,  A.  W.  30 

Appointment,  A.  W.  72,  73,  76. 

Candidates  for  promotion,  29. 

Composition,  A.  W.  75, 78. 

Jurisdiction,  A.  W.  58.  60,  62-64,  79, 102, 103 ; 
p.  231,  sec.  1343  R.  S. 

Proceedings,  890, 892. 
General  Mess : 

Brooms,  285. 

Business  dealings,  303. 

Companies  withdrawing,  etc.,  303. 

Council,  287-289,  302,  303. 

Extra  compensation  to  attendants,  302. 

Fuel,  285. 

Fund,  287,  291-293,  302,  303. 

Furniture,  280, 285, 286. 

Illuminating  supplies,  285. 

Instruction  in  cooking,  280. 

Management,  303. 

Officer  in  charge,  duties,  etc.,  303. 

Scrubbing  brushes,  285. 

Supervision,  280. 

Vi.sits  to  hall,  201. 
General  of  the  Army: 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  429,  437. 

Kanks  with  Admiral  of  the  Navy,  12. 

Salutes  and  honors,  389, 411, 414, 418. 
General  Orders : 

See  Orders. 
General  Prisoners : 

See  Pnsoners. 
General  Kecruiting  Service : 

Defined,  818. 

Recruiting  officers,  819, 820. 
Gestures : 

Reproachful  or  provoking,  A.  "W.  25. 
GoTernnient  Hospital  fur  the  Insane: 

Admission,  etc.,  of  insane  soldiers,  469-472. 

Release  of  patients,  473. 
GoTemment  of  the  United  States : 

Delivery  abroad  of  ])ublications,  37. 

Enforcement  of  laws  by  the  Army,  486-491. 
GoTemors  of  States  and  Territories: 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408, 418. 
Gradu  tes : 

Military  Academy,  49,  1121,  1122,  1334. 

SerA'ice  schools,  466. 
Grants : 

Military  lands,  704. 


Gratuitous  Issue : 

Canvas  caps  and  mittens,  1 189. 

Clothing  for  deceased  soldiers,  1195. 

Contagious  diseases,  1194, 1442. 
Graves: 

Battle-ground  cemeteries,  493. 

Post  cemeteries,  496. 
Guano  Islands : 

Protection  of  rights  of  discoverers,  487,  p.  68. 
Guaranties: 

Advertisements  522,  533,  534. 

Blanks.  534. 

Execution,  534. 

Evidence  of  bidders'  ability  in  lieu,  to  be 
furnished,  546. 

When  required,  533. 
Guarantors : 

Acceptance  of,  as  sureties,  562. 

Corporate,  561, 574-578. 

Noncorporate,  563. 
Guard  Duty : 

Exemptions,  373. 

Light  batteries,  377. 

Old,  exemptions,  373. 

Rosters,  interior  and  stable,  366, 

Sentences  imposing  tours,  939. 
Guardhouses: 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1014-1019, 1021, 1022. 

Iron  bunks,  1048. 

Confinement  of  noncom.  officers,  904. 

Men  awaiting  trial  summary  courts,  936. 

Police  daily,  387. 

Visits,  post  commander  and  surgeon,  201. 
Guardian  of  Minor: 

Con.sent  to  enlistment  of  child,  826, 829. 
Guard  Mounting : 

How  conducted,  448 
Guards: 

Candles,  1265. 

Duties,  etc.,  453. 

Deserters,  126. 

Excused  from  Saturday  inspections,  266. 

Guard  report,  209,  455. 

Officer  commanding,  A.  W.  67-69. 

Prisoners  en  route,  911,  912. 

Property  used  for  police,  454-456. 

Quitting  without  leave,  A.  "W.  40. 
Guidons: 

Cavalry,  221. 

Light  artillery,  222. 
Guns: 

Morning  and  evening,  208. 

Position,  etc.,  in  fixed  batteries,  348. 

Saluting,  406,  408-411,  416,  417. 
Gymnasiums: 

Erection  of  building  by  enlisted  men,  311. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  313, 1006. 

Transportation  of  property,  312. 
Habeas  Corpus : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140. 

State  courts  or  judges,  969,  970. 

United  States  courts  or  judges,  971. 


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INDEX. 


Harboring  the  Eneiiiy : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  45. 
Harbors  and  Rivers : 

Change  of  station  of  otficers,  737. 

Improvements,  1472. 
Hard  Bread : 

Ration,  1253, 1256. 

AYastage,  1243. 
Harness : 

Ambulance,  1414. 

Dressing,  277. 
Hatchets  and  Hatchet  Helves : 

Helves  dropped  from  returns,  1198. 

Police  purposes,  454. 
Haversacks : 

How  marked,  279. 
Hay : 

Bedding,  1049. 

Cutting  of,  from  glacis,  330. 

Forage  ration,  1041. 
Headboards  for  Graves : 

Battle-ground  cemeteries,  493. 

Post  cemeteries.  495, 496. 
Headquarters  of  the  Army  : 

Civilian  employees,  725. 
Heating  Stoves: 

Allowance,  1006-1008. 
Hides : 

Sales,  1237. 
Hindering : 

Execution  of  the  laws,  487,  p.  67. 
Hiring  of  Duty : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  36,  37, 
Hominy : 

Ration,  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Honorable  Discharge : 

Preparation  of  certificate,  151. 
Honor  Graduates : 

Service  schools,  466. 
Honors,  Courtesies,  and  Ceremonies : 

Ceremonies,  448-452. 

Escorts  of  honor,  426. 

Euneral  honors,  427-447. 

Salutes,  389-419, 423-425. 

Yisits  and  courtesies,  420-425. 
Horse  Equipments : 

Indian  scouts,  481. 

Sales,  1501, 1502. 
Horses : 

Field -service  hospital  corps,  1421. 

Indian  scouts,  481. 

Military  at tach6, 36. 

Mounted  officers,  184, 1044, 1065-1069. 

Public.     See  Public  Animals. 
Transportation  of  the  Armj,  1070. 
Horseshoeing : 

Instructions  by  veterinary  surgeons,  185. 
Horseshoes  and  Xails : 

Sui^ply  and  issue,  1068. 
Horses  of  Mounted  Officers : 
Exchange  or  return,  1065. 
Forage,  1044. 


Horses  of  .Mounted  Officers-  Continued. 

Oificers  of  light  or  mounted  batteries.  1067. 

Private  horses  to  be  kept,  1066. 

Public  horses  used  by.  1006, 1067. 

Purchase  from  Q.  M.  Department,  1065. 

Shoeing,  etc.,  1068. 

Transportation,  1069. 

Veterinary  attention.  184. 
Hospital  Corps: 

Acting  stewards,  1397, 1409, 1411, 1421. 

Appliances    for    transporting     sick     and 
wounded,  1414-1419  1422. 

Assignment  to  duty,  1409-1411, 1436. 

Ceremonies,  1405. 

Enlistments,  re-enlistments,  1398-1400,  1404. 

Extra  duty  details,  enlisted  men,  167. 

Field  service,  1420-1423. 

Fund  of  a  detachment,  300. 

Hospital  and  ambulance  flags  or  guidons,  214. 

Inspections,  1405, 1435. 

Instruction  of  privates,  1399. 

Means  of  transportation,  1408. 

Military  duties,  1405. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784. 

Musters,  1405. 

Pay  and  clothing  accounts,  1407 

Precedence  of  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  6. 

Privates,  1397, 1410, 1411, 1413,  1421. 

Rations,  1259. 

Returns,  monthly,  1408. 

Savings  of  rations,  1269. 

Service,  1396. 

Stewards,  1397, 1409, 1411, 1421. 

Transfer  of  members.  1406. 

Transfer  to,  of  enlisted  men,  1403. 
Hospitals : 

Attendants,  1442. 

Charges,  1447. 

Civilian  employees  at  posts,  1444. 1445. 

Civilians  at  posts,  1446. 

Construction,  etc.,  of  buildings,  1424-1420. 

Flags,  214. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006. 

Fund,  300,  315, 1446-1448. 

Ho.spital  corps,  1435, 1436. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1012-1019,  1021,  1022. 

Inspections,  1435. 

Kitchens,  1006. 

Library,  1449. 

Management,  1435. 

Matrons,  1436, 1437. 

Mess  rooms,  1006. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784,  785. 

Post  commander  and  surgeon  visit,  201. 

Property  and  stores,  973, 1441, 1443, 1450, 1456. 

Sales  of  subsistence  supplies.  1282. 

Savings  of  rations,  1269. 

Service  in  garrison,  1396. 

Sick,  266,300,785,  1269,  1431,  1432,  1438-1440, 
1442. 

Supervision  and  control,  1433. 

Surgeon,  post  and  assistants,  201, 1435, 1436. 

Transports,  boats,  and  railway  trains,  1434. 


INDEX. 


263 


Hospital  Stewards . 

Baggage,  1119. 

Discharge  and  re-enlistment,  931. 
Examination  and  appointment,  1397. 
Field  service,  1421. 
Personal  reports,  1401. 
Professional  books,  etc.,  1122. 
Qualifications,  1397. 

Quarters,  fuel,  etc.,  1006, 1010, 1427, 1428. 
Quota  for  posts,  etc.,  1409, 1411. 
Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Reduction,  1402. 
Reduction  to  the  ranks,  931. 
Re-enli3tment,  1398. 
Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Trial  by  courts-martial,  931. 
Hostilities  between  Indian  Tribes : 

Preventing  or  terminating,  487,  p.  65. 
Hours  of  Labor: 
Civilian  employees,  728. 
Extra-duty  men,  171. 
Hours  of  Session : 

Proceedings,  courts  martial,  A.  W.  94. 
Hunting: 
Absence  while,  not  deemed  leave,  58. 
Ammunition,  360, 363, 1509, 1514. 
Large  game,  363. 
Report  and  certificate,  58. 
Hypothecation : 

Pay  accounts  of  officers,  1300 
Identifleation: 
Deserters,  123. 

Discharged  soldiers'  merit  certificates,  181 . 
Payments  to  discharged  soldiers,  1382. 
Illuminating  Supplies : 
Candles,  1016. 

Chimneys,  1012, 1015, 1016, 1020, 1021. 
Dailj'  inspections,  266. 
Lamps,  1012-1015, 1018, 1020, 1021. 
Lanterns,  1012, 1015, 1016, 1018, 1020, 1021. 
Messes,  285. 

Mineral  oil,  1012, 1015-1017, 1019-1022. 
Officers,  1020. 

Street  lamps,  1012, 1015, 1021. 
Veterinary  surgeons,  183. 
Wicks,  1012, 1015, 1016, 1020, 1021. 
Imprisonment : 

Sentences  of  courts-martial.  940,  941. 
Independence  Day: 

Salute  to  the  Union,  406. 
Independent  Posts: 

Hospital  corps,  1411. 
Index  Books: 
Company,  264. 
Post,  209. 
Regimental,  243. 
Indian  ReserTations. 

Etubraced  in  Indian  country,  473. 
Indians : 
Agents,  477, 1507. 
Indian  country,  474-476,  478,  487,  i»p.  64, 65  j 

568. 
Interior  Ddpartment,  480. 


Indians— Continued . 

Issues  of  rations,  1266. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1507. 

Ownership  of  animals,  477 

Prisoners  of  war,  480. 

Scouts,  481-485. 

Subsistence,  etc.,  480. 

Supplies,  stores,  and  property,  479. 
Indian  Territory ; 

Embraced  in  Indian  country,  475. 
Indorsements: 

Official  correspondence,  759, 760. 

Printed  labels,  759. 
Infantry : 

Colors,  217. 

Mounted  companies,  1302, 1303. 

Precedence,  6. 
Infantry  and  Cavalry  School : 

Civilian  employees,  725. 

Court-martial  dut\'of  officers,  191. 

Detachment  of  officers,  191 . 

Honor  graduates,  466.  ' 

Inspection,  869. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Officers  for  instruction,  465. 

Organization,  464. 

Special  regulations,  464. 

Supervision  or  control,  190,  464. 
Information : 

Furnishing,  from  military  records,  803. 
Inlts: 

Colored,    in   records   and   correspondence, 
801. 
Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C. : 

Applications  for  admission,  174. 

Clothing  and  subsistence,  176. 

Qualifications,  173. 

Transportation  to  the  Home,  175 
Insane  Persons : 

Enlistment  of,  prohibited,  825. 
Insane  Soldiers: 

Government  Insaae  Hospital,  469-473 
Insertions : 

Advertisements,  504-506. 
Insignia  Buttons: 

"Wearing  prohibited,  1551. 
Inspection  Reports : 

Barracks  and  quarters,  976,  978. 

Channels  through  which  forwarded,  872. 

Colleges  and  schools,  870. 

Copies,  862,  870. 

Damaged  clothing,  887. 

Efficiency  or  inefficiency  of  officers,  810. 

Extracts,  872. 

Final  disposition,  872. 

Inspector-General,  810, 866,  870,  872,  876,  882, 
889. 

Miscellaneous,  872. 

National  Home  Disabled  Soldiers,  866. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1500, 1519, 1525, 1526. 

Preparation  and  scope,  874. 
■  Private  buildings  and  lands,  979. 
Proceedings,  boards  of  survey,  708, 722. 


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INDEX. 


Inspection  Reports— Continued. 

Surgeons  of  posts,  1393. 

Troops,  stations,  and  accounts,  872. 
Inspections: 

Annual,  866-868,  879. 

Appliances  for  transporting  wounded,  1419. 

Articles  in  charge  of  guards,  455. 

Bakery  fund  accounts,  298. 

Barracks  and  quarters  ,^976, 978. 

Biennial,  867. 

Cavalry  and  tield  artillery,  266. 

Cavalry  and  light  artillery  liorses,  1065. 

Chaplains,  41. 

Chief  bakers,  308. 

Clerical  aid  to  inspectors,  860. 

Colleges  and  schools,  870. 

Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  223. 

Company  fund  accounts,  301. 

Cooks,  company,  302. 

Daily  and  Satui-day,  266. 

Damaged  clothing,  887. 

Department  commanders,  193. 

Detachment  of  recruits,  845. 

Disbursements  and  accounts,  871, 876, 877. 

Districts,  858. 

Extra-duty  men,  attendance,  170. 

General  mess  attendants,  302. 

Hospital  corps,  1405, 1435. 

Hospitals,  1427, 1435. 

Hospital  stewards  and  quarters,  1427. 

Medical,  1465. 

Medical,  of  posts,  1393. 

Methods  of  conducting,  873-889. 

Military  Academy,  86i». 

Military  and  business  administration,  868, 

Musters,  452. 

National  cemeteries,  867. 

National  Home  Disabled  Soldiers,  866. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1519, 1520, 1524-1526. 

Post  commanders,  200. 

Post  records,  40. 

Post  schools,  321. 

Private  buildings  and  lands,  979. 

Public  property  for  condemnation,  878-889. 

Regimental  commanders,  229. 

Recruits  sent  to  regiments,  845. 

Reports,  708,  722,  810,  870,  872,  874,  887,  976, 
978,  979,  1393,  1500,  1519,  1525,  1526. 

Service  schools,  869. 

Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C,  866. 

Stated, 866-872. 

Storehouses,  commissary,  1248. 

Tours  of  inspectors,  859, 860. 

Troops,  stations,  etc.,  867,  873. 
Inspector-General : 

Auctioneers,  account  of  sales,  679. 

Inspection  reports,  810, 866,  870, 872,  876,  882, 
889. 

National  Home  Yol.  Soldiers,  86.">,  866. 

Orders  to  inspectors,  858. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1526. 

Reports  to,  of  inspectors,  859. 

Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C,  866. 


Inspector-General's  Department: 

Blank  forms,  876,  879. 

Disbursements  and  accounts,  876, 877. 

Eligibility  of  oflicers  to  command,  17. 

Expert  accountant,  733, 734. 

General  provisions,  857-863. 

Method  of  inspection,  873-875. 

Property  for  condemnation,  878-889. 

Special  duties,  864,  865. 

Sphere  of  inquiry,  857. 

Stated  inspections,  866-872. 
See  also — 
Inspector-  General. 
Inspectors-  Gene  ral. 
Inspector  of  Artillery: 

Selection,  detail,  and  duties,  350. 
Inspectors,  Civilian: 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  727. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  730. 
Inspectors,  Colleges: 

Efficiency  reports,  809. 
Inspectors-General : 

Accusations  against  officers,  862. 

Acting,  871. 

Clerks  and  messengers,  858. 

Comments  or  conversations,  861. 

Condemnation  of  property,  878.  882-884. 

Detail  of  acting,  871,  878. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

General  duties,  857-863. 

Injustice,  organizations  or  individuals,  862. 

Irregularities  and  deficiencies,  861,  875. 

Joining  station,  859. 

Medical  and  liospital  supplies,  1444. 

Medical  supplies,  1463. 

Notice  of  inspections,  860, 

Orders,  858,  859,  861. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores.  1519, 1520, 1524-1526. 

Personal  reports,  859. 

Post  schools,  321. 

Power  to  administer  oaths,  863. 

Promotion,  22. 

Quartermasters'  records,  1219. 

Reports  concerning  officers,  862 

Signal  supplies,  1546. 

Special,  871,  878. 

Special  duties,  864,  865. 

Stated  inspections,  866-872. 

Subsistence  supplies  for  sale,  864 

Supervision  or  control,  858. 

Tours  of  inspection,  859. 
Inspectors,  Small- Arms  Practice: 

Duties,  etc.,  196. 
Instruction  : 

Army  Medical  School,  468. 

Artillery  SchooJ,  4G2, 463. 

Artillery  troops,  352. 

Cavalry  and  Light  Artillery  Scliool,  467. 

Cooking,  280. 

Field  practice,  messing,  and  cooking,  280. 

Hospital  corps,  1399. 

Infantry  and  Cavalry  School,  464,  405. 


INDEX. 


265 


Instruction— Continued. 

Light  artillery.  344,  345. 

Post  schools,  317-324. 

Small-arms  practice,  358. 

Torpedo  service,  346,  347. 
Instructors: 

Post  schools,  317. 

Service  schools,  462, 464, 467, 468. 
Instruments : 

Surveying,  460, 461. 

Veterinary,  1038, 1040. 
Insurance : 

Public  money  or  property,  593. 
Insurrections: 

Suppression  by  the  Army,  487,  pp.  66, 67. 
Intelligence  to  the  Enemy : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  46. 
Interior  Guard  Duty : 

Eoster,  366. 
Interlineations : 

Bills  of  lading,  1139. 

Proposals,  supplies,  and  services,  532. 
Interments: 

Battle-ground  cemeteries,  493. 

Deceased    orfficers    and     soldiers,    85,    162, 
1195. 

Post  cemeteries,  494, 498, 499. 
Interpreters,  Military  Courts : 

Pay  and  allowances,  961-965. 
Interstate  Commerce  Laws : 

Enforcement  of,  by  Arm 3-,  487,  p.  67. 
Intoxicated  Persons: 

Enlistment  prohibited,  825. 
Intruders : 

Indian  country-,  476, 487,  pp.  64, 65. 

Public  lauds,  487,  pp.  65,  66. 
Invalid  Soldiers : 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Invasion : 

Protection  of  States  against,  487,  p.  64. 
Inventories: 

Boards  of  survey  proceedings,  708, 722. 

Condemnation  of  property,  879-882,  885.. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers'  effects,  82, 
158,  749, 1377, 1439,  A.  W.  125. 126. 

Defects  or  shortage,  668. 

Escaped  military  prisoners'  effects,  913. 

Fuel,  forage,  and  straw,  1061. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1526. 

Public  property,  deceased  officers,  84,  713. 

Quartermaster's  stores,  1064. 

Subsistence  stores,  1231. 

Worn  out  property,  678. 
Investigations : 

Attempts  to  defraud  the  Government,  863. 

Loss  of  special  funds,  292. 

Misconduct  of  officers  or  agents,  862,  863. 
Invoices  of  Money  and  Property: 

Funds  transferred,  639. 

dotation  of  checks,  640. 

Transfers,  065. 


Irons: 

Placing  in,  of  priscmers,  909. 
Isolated  Stations: 

Issues  of  clothing,  1179. 
Issues: 

Ambulances,  1414, 1415. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1178, 1179, 1186-1191, 
1193-1195,1442. 

Disinfectants,  1462. 

Forage,  1043, 

Gratuitous,  1189, 1194, 1195, 1442. 

Hand  litters,  1417. 

Hay  for  bedding,  1049. 

Hospital  .stores,  1450. 

Ord.  and  ord.   stores,    1493-  1500,  1503, 1505, 
1507,  a508. 

Public  animals,  1035. 

Public  property,  073. 

Rations,  296,  1258-1264, 1260, 1267. 

Shoeing  material,  1068. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1232,  1238,  1265. 

Transportation    requests,    1085-1087.    1094. 

Veterinary  medicines  and  dressings,  1039. 
Jeopardy : 

Trial  second    time,    same    oft'ensc*,    A.  W. 
102. 
Job  Printing: 

Accounts,  511. 

Blank  forms,  books,  etc.,  514. 

Contracts,  510. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Special,  513. 
Joining  Station: 

Inspectors-General,  859. 

Professional  books,  papers,  etc.,  1121, 1122. 

Sick  leave,  1315. 

Travel  allowances,  1334. 
Journals : 

Engineer  officers,  1482. 

Marches,  457-459. 
Judge-Advocatc-General : 

Correspondence  with  judge-advocates,  895. 

Judge-advocates  of  departments,  891 . 

Records,   military  courts.   890,  892-895,  A. 
W.  113, 114. 

Reports  requiring  President's  action,  896. 
Judge-Advocate-General's  Department : 

Bureau  of  military  justice,  890. 

Eligibility  of  officers  to  command,  17. 

Opinions  upon  legal  questions,  768,  890. 
See  also — 
Judge-Advocate-GeneraVs  Office. 
Judge- Advocates. 
Judge-Advocate-General's  Office : 

Deeds,  title  papers,  etc.,  704,  890. 

Judge- Advocate-General,     890-896,    A.   W. 
113, 114. 
Judge-Advocates: 

Correspondence  with  Judge-Adv.-Gen.,895. 

Courts-martial,  683,  921-924,  954,  955.  959,  961, 
965,  note  p.  227,  A.  W.  74.  84,  85,  90,  92.  113. 


266 


INDEX. 


JiKlge-Advorates-CoutiniuHl. 

Departments,  196,  683,  891,  89:?,  1006,   1301, 
note  p.  227. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Law  books,  893. 

Opinions  upon  legal  questions,  768, 890. 

Promotion,  22. 
Jiultre-Advocates  of  Courts-Martial: 

Administration  of  oaths,  683,  note  p.  227,  A. 
\Y.  84,  92. 

Appointment,  etc.,  A.  W.  74. 

Authentication  of  record,  954. 

Civilian  witnesses,  military  courts,  965. 

Closed  sessions,  921. 

Counsel  for  accused,  A.  W.  90.    , 

Interpreters,  961,965. 

Oath,  A.  W.  85. 

Eeporters,  ('59. 

Transmission  of  record,  955,  A.  AV.  113. 

A\'itnesses,  922-924. 
Jndge  Advocates  of  Departments: 

Administration  of  oaths,  683,  note  p.  227. 

Annual  reports,  89^ . 

Detail  ^>f,  and  duties,  196. 

J^nel  and  stoves  for  ottice,  1006. 

Law  books,  893. 

IJank,  pay,  etc.,  of  acting,  1301. 
Jrdi^es  of  State  Courts : 

Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  969,  970. 
Judges  of  United  States  Courts : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140 

Writs  of  habeas  corijus,  971. 
July  4: 

Salute  to  the  Union,  406. 
Jurisdiction : 

Lands  used  for  military  purposes,  703. 

State  courts,  habeas  corpus,  969,  970. 
Jurisdiction,  Military  Courts : 

Field  otficers'  court,  A.  W.  80, 82, 83, 102, 103. 

Garrison  courts-martial,  A.  W.  8(',  82,  83, 
102, 103. 

General  courts-martial,  A.  W.  58,  60,  62-64, 
79,102,103,  p.  231,   sec.  1343  R.S. 

Military  commissions,  p.  231,  sec.  1343  E.  S. 

Regimental  courts-martial,  A.  W.  80-83, 102, 
103. 
Justice,  Department  of: 

Employment  of  civil  counsel,  967,  C68. 

Witnesses  before  civil  courts,  72. 
Justices,  United  States  Courts  : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140. 
Keepsakes : 

Escaped  prisoners,  913. 
Keys : 

Storerooms,  etc.,  674. 
Kindling  Wood : 

Sales  to  officers,  1003. 
Kitchens : 

Daily  inspections,  266. 

Engineer  officers,  1484. 

Hospital,  1006. 

Management  and  supervision,  281. 


Kitchens— Continued. 

Tableware,  285,  1199,  1200. 

Utensils.  281,  285, 1199, 1200. 

Visitors  not  allowed,  except,  etc.,  281. 
Labor : 

Payments  for,  by  contractors,  565. 
Labor  of  Troops : 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 

Buildings  for  amu.sement.  etc.,  311. 

Garrisons  of  fortifications,  333. 

In  arrest  or  confinement,  907. 

Maintenance  of  post  cemeteries,  495. 

Unnecessary,  on  Sunday,  202. 
Laborers : 

Extra-duty  pay,  165. 

Military  works,  366. 
Laborers,  Civilian : 

Employment,  etc.,  724,  727. 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729,731. 
Lamps  : 

Chimneys,  1012, 1015, 1016, 1020, 1021. 

Daily  inspections,  266. 

Hours  of  illumination,  1018. 

Issue  and  kinds,  1012-1016. 

Quartermasters  Department,  1012. 

Sales  to  officers,  1020. 
Lance  Corporals : 

Selection,  appointment,  etc.,  257. 
Land-Grant  Knilroads: 

Accounts  for  transportation,  1129.1161,1162. 

Bills  of  lading,  1146. 

Rights  of  Government,  487,  pp.  67,  68. 

Transportation  requests,  1091, 1093. 
Lauds : 

Plats  of  military,  707. 

Purchase  for  military  purposes,  703. 

Title  papers,  704,  890, 1492. 
Language: 

Reproachful,  provoking,  A.  W.  25. 

Upbraiding,  A.  W.  28. 
Lanterns: 

Candles,  1205. 

Hours  of  illumination,  1018. 

Outside  illumination,  1015. 

Quartermaster's  Department,  1012 

Stable  use,  1016. 
Larceny : 

Punishable,  A.  W.  58 
Laundry  Cliarges: 

Post  council,  290. 

Recruiting  stations  and  rendezvous,   1192. 
Law  Books: 

Judge-advocates  of  departments,  893. 
Laws: 

Obstructing  or  hindering,  487,  p.  67. 
Leases : 

Military  lands,  704. 

Rooms  for  offices,  1007. 
Leaves  of  Absence : 

Applications,  etc.,  46,47,51,52,59,  60,62,  64, 
1209. 

Beyond  limits  of  command,  40,  CO,  61. 


INDEX. 


267 


Leaves  of  Absence— Contiuued. 

Change  of  ordinary  to  sick  leave,  64. 

Change  of  station,  1330-1332. 

Commencement  and  expiration,  53,  54. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1337. 

Computation,  1318. 

Cumulative,  995, 1317. 

Delays,  67. 

Duration,  53,54. 

During  active  operations,  50. 

Fuel,  officers  on  sick,  998. 

Full  pay,  1317. 

Granted,  by  whom,  44, 46, 48, 55,  61 

Granted  in  months  and  days,  53. 

Graduates  Military  Academy.  49. 

In  the  field,  54. 

Notations  on  returns,  57. 

On  special  duty,  54. 

Officers  in  charge  of  public  property,  659. 

Officers  of  staff  corps,  46. 

Orders  to  rejoin  station,  1327, 1328. 

Ordinary,  44-59,  64. 

Pay  accounts,  officers,  1316. 

Payments  to  officers,  1315-1319. 

Payments  to  officers  resigning,  1308. 

Period  and  extensions,  44-46, 48, 49,  51,  52,  59, 
60,  62. 

Periods  defined,  53. 

Permission  to  hunt,  58. 

Post  commander,  44. 

Quarters,  995,  997. 

Reports,  etc.,  by  officers,  54,  57,  62-64. 

Sick,  60-64, 997, 998, 1315, 1337. 

Take  efi"ect,  54. 

Telegraphic  application,  1209. 

Temporary  duty,  1320, 1327-1329. 

Tender  of  resignation,  79. 

Travel  allowances,  1327-1332. 

Verbal  permits,  57. 

Visiting  foreign  countries,  55, 56 

"When  not  granted,  50,  51. 
Leave  Tear: 

Reckoned,  1318. 
Legal  Represeiitatires: 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  82,  83, 85, 161, 
181,  A.  W.  127.. 

Settlements  with,  by  disbursing  officers,  652. 
Leggins: 

Issue  to  enlistetfmen,  1187 
Legislation:  ' 

Eftbrts  to  influence,  5. 
Length  of  Service : 

Rules  for  computing  longevity  pay,  1311. 
Letter  Headings : 

Wording  and  matter,  512. 
Letters,  Official: 

Applications  for  official  opinions,  768. 

Briefing,  758. 

Channels,  762-764,  766-768. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  766,  767. 

Colored  inks,  801. 

Commanding  officers,  766. 

Employment  of  civil  counsel,  968. 


Letters,  Official  — Continued. 

Forwarding  officers,  765. 

Inclosures,  760. 

Indorsements,  759. 

Messages  by  telegraph,  1543. 

Penalty  envelopes,  813-815,  817. 

Post-office  address,  755. 

Preparation,  folding,  etc.,  752-754,  758. 

Proceedings,  courts-martial,  894-896. 

Signatures,  756. 

Title,  officer  addressed,  757, 

Transmission  by  freight  or  express,  816. 

Unimportant  and  trivial,  769. 
Letters  Received  Books : 

Company,  264. 

Post,  209. 

Quartermasters,  1218. 

Regimental,  243. 
Letters  Sent  Books : 

Company,  264. 

Posts,  209. 

Regimental,  243. 
Libraries : 
I       Company,  1132. 
I       Fuel,  313. 

Hospital,  1449. 

Military  Academy,  1130. 

Military  Servi<!e  Institution,  1130. 

Newspapers  and  periodicals,  310. 

Post,  297,  310,  312,  313,  1006, 1014-1019,  1021, 
1022, 1132, 1204. 

Rooms  to  be  provided,  310. 

Transportation,  312, 1130, 1132. 

Use  of,  by  officers,  310. 
License : 

Civilians  on  reservations,  210. 

Military  lands,  704. 
Lieutenant-Colonels : 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  433, 437, 440. 

Promotion  to  grade,  23. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  with  commanders  of  the  Xavy,  12. 

Roster  duty,  368. 

Stationery,  1023. 
Lieutenant  Commanders : 

Rank  with  majors,  12. 
Lieutenant  General  of  the  Army: 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  429,  437. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Salutes  and  honors,  389, 411,  414, 418. 

Rank  with  vice-admirals,  12. 
Lieutenants : 

First,  9,  23,  368,  433,  437,  440, 1067, 1119. 

.General  duties,  253,  255. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344 

Rosters,  368. 

Second,  9,  368,  433,  437,  440, 1067,  1119. 
I       Torpedo  instruction,  346. 


268 


INDEX. 


Lieutenants,  Navy : 

Rank  •with  captains,  Army,  12. 
Lieutenants,  Navy,  Junior : 

Rank  with  tirst  lieuteuants,  Army,  12. 
Light  Batteries : 

See  Battenes  of  Light  Artillery. 
Lights : 

Extinguished  at  taps,  383. 

Messes,  285. 

Veterinary  surgeon,  183. 
Limitation : 

Appointees    to    second    lieutenancies,    30, 
31. 

Candidates  for  promotion,  27,  30, 31. 

Expenditures,  posts,  etc.,  204,  206, 706. 

Express  transportation,  1128. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344. 

Mess  furniture  in  the  field,  286. 

Personal  staff  duty,  33. 

Publication  of  advertisements,  505. 

Punishment,  938. 

Re-entering  Army,  838. 

Regimental  bands,  245. 

Repairs  to  buildings  at  posts,  206,  706. 

Special  duty  and  detached  service,  34,  .35. 

Special  funds,  293. 

Strength  of  recruit  detachments,  822. 

Sentences  in  excess  of  legal  limit,  943. 

Teachers,  enlisted  men,  post  school,  319. 

Transportation  of  officers'  horses,  1069. 
Limitation,  Statute  of: 

General  provisions,  A.  W.  103. 

Release  of  deserters,  120. 

Rewards,  etc.,  deserters,  124. 
Limits: 

Arrest  of  officers,  898. 

Furloughed  enlisted  men,  109. 
Line  of  Duty: 

Disability,  entry  on  muster  rolls,  1432. 
Liquid  Coffee : 

Purchase  and  issue,  1257. 
Litters: 

Hand  and  mule,  1417-1419. 
Longevity  Pay : 

Computing  service,  1311. 
Loss  of  Funds : 

Fraud  or  neglect,  1344. 

Special  funds,  292. 

Stoppages,  1344. 

Transported  by  express,  1128. 
Loss  of  Property : 

Accountability  for,  if  lost  in  service,  697. 

Civilian  employees,  687. 

Classification,  681. 

Deserters,  686. 

Enlisted  men,  684, 685,  698,  A.  W.  16, 17. 

In  transit,  1126, 1127. 1149. 

Loaned  mail  contractors.  207. 

Mess  property  and  utensils,  285. 

Officers,  682,  684,  A.  W.  15. 

Ord.  and  ord.   stores,  1500,  1510,  1513, 1522. 

Prevention,  674. 

Stoppages,  1344. 


Loss  of  Property— Continued. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1245, 1246. 

Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1200. 
Lost  Bills  of  Lading: 

Both  parts,  1152. 

Certificates,  1152, 1153, 1157. 

One  part,  1151. 

Payments,  1151-1156. 

Receipts  to  carrier,  1157 

Recovered,  1153. 

Stores  in  transit,  1155. 

Surrender  of  duplicate  to  carrier,  1154. 
Lyceums: 

Period  for  instruction,  230. 
Lying  Out  of  (Quarters  : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  31. 
Machine  Guns: 

Ammunition  for  practice,  354. 
Magazines : 

Absorption  of  moisture,  336. 

Filling  cartridge  bags  or  projectiles,  339. 

Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery,  343, 1536. 

Powder  in  barrels,  338. 

Precautions  in  case  of  accidental  fire,  340. 

Shrubbery  or  trees,  335. 

Slippers,  337. 

Smoking  or  fire  not  allowed  in  vicinity, 
340. 

Sparks,  etc.,  337,340. 

Storage  of  loaded  shells,  fuses,  etc.,  341, 342. 

Ventilation,  335. 
Mail  Contractors : 

Aid  by  post  commanders,  207. 
Mails,  United  States : 

Obstructing  or  retarding,  487,  p.  67. 
Major-General  Commanding  the  Army : 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  428,  437. 

Salutes  and  honors,  389, 411, 414, 418. 
Major-Generals : 

Aids,  33. 

Appointment  to  grade,  21. 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Changing  station,  68. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escorts,  429, 437. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  with  rear-admirals,  12. 

Salutes  and  honors,  389,  411, 414, 418. 

Stationery,  1023. 

Travel  beyond  limits  of  command,  68. 
Majors : 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  1199. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escorts,  433, 437, 440. 

Promotion  to  grade.  23. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  with  lieutenant-commanders,  12. 

Roster  duty,  S68. 

Stationery,  1023. 


INDEX. 


269 


Manslaughter: 

Punishable  hy  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Manual  for  Army  Cooks: 

Instructions  to  bo  observed,  283. 

Supplj'  for  company,  280. 
Manual  for  Couris-Martial : 

Limitation  of  punishment,  938. 
Manual  of  Guard  Duty : 

Duties  of  guards,  453. 
Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery : 

Changes,  353. 

Preservation  and  care  of  materials,  343, 1536. 
Manuscript  Blanks : 

Prohibited,  751. 
Maps  and  Reconnaissances: 

Duties  engineer  corps,  1472. 

Field  notes,  sketches,  and  journals,  457-459. 

Surveying  instruments,  460,  461, 
Marches : 

Care  of  sick  and  wounded,  1423. 

Journals,  457-459. 
Marine  Corps : 

Deserters  from,  enlisted  in  the  Army,  134. 

Precedence  of,  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  6. 
Marine  Corps  Officers: 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Duties  and  lights,  A.  W.  122. 

General  courts-martial.  Army,  A  .  W.  78. 

Rank  and  precedence,  10,  ]1,  A.  W.  122. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  403, 415,  418. 
Marking : 

Boxes  for  transportation,  1530. 

Company  property,  279. 

Condemned  property,  883. 

Donations,  1130,1132. 

Packages  for  shipment,  1124,  1125. 

Public  propert}-,  676. 

Regimental  property  and  equipments,  242. 

Sentence  of  a  court-martial,  A.  W.  38,  98. 
Marriages : 

Record  at  posts,  40. 
Married  or  Unmarried  Soldiers : 

Xotation  on  discharge  certificate,  148. 
Married  Persons : 

Enlistment  or  re-enlistment,  828,  838, 1404. 
Marshals : 

Apprehension  of  deserters,  122,  124. 
Matches : 

Issue,  1265. 
Matrons: 

Allowance  to  hospitals,  1437. 

Appointment,  1436. 

Fuel,  1006. 

Hospital  .stores,  1450. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784. 

Rations,  1259. 

Savings  of  rations,  1269. 
Mayhem : 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  "W.  58. 
Meals  and  Lodgings : 

Civilian  employees,  730. 

Enlisted  men.  384. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  730. 


Mechanics : 

Extra-duty  pay,  165. 
Mechanics,  CiviliaK : 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  724,  727. 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729.  731. 
Medals  of  Honor: 

Commissioned  officers  and  enlisted  men,  177. 

"Worn  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  1551. 
Medals,  Rifle  Practice : 

Worn  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  1551. 
Medical  Attendance : 

Accounts,  1452-1459. 

Civilian  physicians,  1452, 1453,1456,1458,1459. 

Indians,  480. 

Medical  officers.  1450. 1451. 
Medical  Certificates : 

Sick  leave,  officers,  60-62. 
Medical  Department : 

Ambulances    and    litters,    214,    1076,    1396, 
1414-1419,  1422. 

Artificial  limbs  and  appliances,  1467- 1471. 

Business,  duties,  etc.,  1392. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command.  18. 

Hospital  corps,  6, 167,  214, 300,  784, 1259, 1269 
1396-1411,  1413-1423,  1435,  1436. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  480, 1450-1459. 

Medical  supplies,  566,  973, 1460-1463. 

Medicines,  180,1450-1456. 

Private  ho.spital  accounts,  1457. 

Publications  for  hospital  libraries,  1449. 

Turchasing  and  contracting  officer,  569. 

Reports  and  returns,  1464-1466. 

Special  regulations,  pp.  iii,  196. 
See  also— 
Hospitals. 
Medical  Officers. 
Surgeon-  General. 
Medical  Inspections  and  Examinations: 

Accounts,  1458. 

Hospital  corps  recruits,  1399. 

Posts  and  reservations,  1465. 

Recruits,  842-848, 1458. 
Medical  Museum : 

Transportation  of  donations,  1130. 
Medical  Officers: 

Acting  hospital  stewards,  1402. 

Ambulances,  1076,  1415. 

Army  Medical  School,  468. 

Arrests,  etc.,  900. 

Assistant  surgeons,  1394. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  985. 

Casualty  returns,  1466. 

Changes  of  station,  738. 

Clothing  accounts,  hospital  corps,  1407. 

Company  bearers,  1412, 1413. 

Contract  surgeons,  994,  999, 1119,  1121,  1464. 

Department  stafif,  196. 

Deserters,  121, 123. 

Detail,  duties,  etc.,  201,  203,  1393, 1435,  1436. 

Diagnosis  furnished,  etc.,  1432 

Eligibility  to  command,  18. 

Enlistments,  hospital  corps,  1399. 


270 


INDEX. 


Medii'al  Officers— J^ontiiiued. 

Examiuation  boards  for  promotion,  25. 

Field  service,  1420. 1421. 

Firstaul  treatment,  1413 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  ofMce,  1006. 

General  hospitals  1433. 

General  prisoners,  914. 

Hospital  buildings.  1424, 1426-1428. 

Hospital  corps  privates,  1411. 

Hospital  fund,  1448 

Hospital  transports,  etc.,  1434. 

Insane  soldiers,  470 

Invalid  soldiers,  1109. 

Litter  bearers,  1413 

Medical  and  li08]>ital  supplies,  1444. 

Medical  attendance,  1450, 1451. 

Medical  chests,  1122. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784. 

Patients  in  hospital,  1432, 1439. 

Pay,  etc.,  hospital  corps,  1407. 

Post,  201,  203,  470,  985,  1006,  1013,  1393, 1402. 

1403,  1407, 1408, 1411-1413, 1415, 1420, 1424, 

1420-1428,  1431, 1432, 1435, 1436, 1439, 1448, 
Post  noncommissioned  staff,  95. 
Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1426-1428. 
Record  and  reports  of  treatment  of  disease 

and  results,  155. 
Recruits,  842-845,  847,  848. 
Reports  to,  of  discharges  for  disability,  156. 
Returns  of,  by  chief  surgeons,  1464. 
Returns  of  hospital  corps,  1408. 
Sick  call,  1431. 
Sick  leave,  officers,  60-62. 
Surgeons,    22,    196,    1394,    1395,    1408,    1418, 

1464-1466. 
Transfers  tahospital  corps,  1403. 
Medical  Supplies : 
Books  and  publications,  1449, 1463. 
Chests,  1122. 

Damaged  or  unserviceable,  1465. 
Desinfectants,  1462. 
Hospital  property  and  supplies,  1422, 1441, 

1443, 1444, 1446. 
Medicines,  480, 1450-1456. 
Metric  system,  1461. 
Oral-agreement  purchases,  566. 
Purchases,  566,  569, 1460. 
Transported  by  Q.  M.  Department,  973. 
Medicines: 

Accounts,  1454, 1455. 
Dispensed  to  persons  entitled,  1450. 
Families  and  servants,  1456. 
Indians,  480. 

Officers  and  men  not  on  duty,  1456. 
Proprietary.  1456. 

Purchased  from  druggists,  1452-1455. 
Retired  officers  and  enlisted  men,  1451. 
Veterinary,  1039. 
Members  of  a  Royal  Family : 

Salutes  and  honors,  410,  418. 
Members  of  Courts-Martial : 
Appointment,  etc.,  917. 
Behavior,  A.  W.  87. 


Members  of  Courts-Martial— Continued. 

Challenge  by  accused,  A.  \Y.  88. 

Disorderly  conduct,  92C. 

Duty  with  command,  918. 

Marine  Corps  officers,  A.  "W.  78. 

Xumberto  be  convened.  A.  W.  75. 

Oath,  A.  W.  84. 

Requisite  number  not  at  posts,  etc.,  A.  W.76. 

Sit  according  to  rank,  917. 

Voting,  A.  W.  95. 
Members  of  Courts  of  Inquiry: 

Appointment,  etc.,  A.  W.  116. 

Oaths,  A.  AV.!n7. 
Members  of  the  Cabinet : 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  408,  418. 
Memorandum  Receipts: 

Company  records,  265. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1053,  1053-1056. 
Mess  Call: 

Hours  for  sounding,  384. 
Messengers: 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  725,  727. 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 

Inspectors-general,  858. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  731. 
Mess,  General : 

Brooms,  285. 

Business  dealings,  303. 

Companies  withdrawing,  etc.,  303. 

Council  287-289,  302,  303. 

Extra  compensation  to  attendants,  302. 

Fuel,  285. 

Fund,  287,  291-293,  302, 303. 

Furniture,  280, 285.  286. 

Illuminating  supplies,  285. 

Instruction  in  cooking,  208. 

Management,  303. 

Officer  in  charge,  duties,  etc.,  303. 

Scrubbing  brushes,  285. 

Supervision,  280. 

Visits  to  hall,  201. 
Messing  and  Cooking: 

Broken,  lost,  or  damaged  articles,  285. 

Brooms,  brushes,  fuel,  and  lights,  285. 

Enlisted  men,  280-286. 

General  mess,  201,  280,  285-289,  291-293,  302, 
303. 

Individual  cooking  devices  for  field,  286. 

Issue  of  rations,  1264, 

Kitchen  and  table  ware  and  furniture,  285. 

Limitations,  mess  furniture  in  the  field,  286. 

Management  of  kitchens,  281,  285. 

Manual  for  army  cooks,  280,  283. 

Meals  for  enlisted  men,  384. 

Officer  in  charge  general  mess.  280. 

Prisoners'  food,  284. 

Rations,  care,  etc..  282. 

Removal  of  outfits  from  barracks,  983. 

Room  may  be  set  aside  for  officers,  996. 

Savings  of  rations,  282. 

Separate  flour  issued,  296. 

Supervision    company    and    general   mess, 
280. 


INDEX. 


271 


Messing  and  Cooking -Contiuued. 

Use  oi  hospitals,  1430. 

Tearl:^  field  practice,  280. 
Mess  Rooms: 

Engineer  officers,  1484. 

Hospitals,  1006. 
Meteorological  Instruments; 

Supervision   control,  etc.,  1537. 
Metric  System: 

Medical  supplies.  1461. 
Mileage : 

Approval  of  journey,  1323. 

Arsenals  1333. 

Authority.  1323. 

Civilian  employees,  733. 

Engineer  officers.  1487. 

Explorations,  military,  1333. 

Interpreters,  courts  martial,  961-965. 

Joining  first  stations,  1834. 

Leaves  of  absence,  1327-1332. 

Lines  of  travel.  1324. 

Military  attaches.  36. 

Orders,  68, 1323-1325. 

Payments,  1322. 

Public  works,  1333. 

Rates  and  computation,  1321, 1326. 

Return  journeys,  1323. 

Route  of  travel.  1324, 1326. 

Surveys,  military,  1333 

Transportation  in  kind,  1321, 1323. 

Travel,  part  with  troop,  1323. 

Travel  without  troops,  1321. 

Unauthorized.  1334. 

Urgent  duty.  1323. 

Voucher,  with  order,  etc.,  1323. 

Witnesses,  72,  962. 963, 1335. 
Military  Academy : 

Cadets,  9, 24. 49, 1347. 

Civilian  employees,  725. 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Donations  to  library  and  museum,  1130. 

Graduating  leave,  49. 

Inspection,  869. 

Supervision  or  control,  190. 

Treasurer,  1347. 
Military  Attacli^s: 

Allowances,  etc.,  36. 

Baggage,  1121. 

Information,  etc.,  748. 
Military  Authority : 

Subordination  to  civil  authority,  A.W.  55,  59. 
Military  Commands : 

Annual  inspection,  867,  875. 
Military  Commissions: 

Jurisdiction,  p.  231,  sec.  1343  E.  S. 

Proceedings,  890,  892. 
Military  Control : 

Emergencies,  190, 191. 

Orders  of  the  President  and  Secretary  of 
War.  188. 

Responsibility  of  commanding  general,  187. 
Military  Defenses : 

Sites,  plans,  and  estimates,  1472. 


Military  History : 

Commissioned   officers    and    enlisted   men, 
748. 
Military  Information : 

Collection  and  classification,  748. 

Officers  on  leave,  abroad,  56. 

Publications  sent  abroad,  37. 
Military  Justice : 

Administration  of  oath,  note,  p.  227. 
Military  Operations : 

Orders  of  the  President  and  Secretary  of 
War,  188. 
Military  Record : 

Indorsed  on  discharge  certificate,  148. 
Military  Roads  and  Bridges : 

Construction,  1472. 
Military  Service  Institution : 

Transportation  of  donations,  1130. 
Military  Signaling  and  Signal  Duties  : 

Supervision,  control,  etc.,  1537. 
Military  Storekeepers : 

Bonds,  571-578. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Military  Telegraph  Lines : 

Commanding  officers,  1542. 

Confidential  communications,  1543. 

Construction,  maintenance,  etc.,  1537, 1542. 

Messages,  1543. 

Signal  officers,  1542. 
Military  Works: 

Laborers  and  armed  working  parties,  366. 
Militia: 

Annual  returns,  748. 

Arming  and  equipping.  1131. 

Encampments,  748. 

Officers,  10, 11,  390,  403,  415,  418,  1313.  A.  W. 
122-124. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1494. 

Precedence  of,  serving  with  regulars,  6. 

Service  in,  of  regular  officers,  1313. 

Subject    to   rules    and  discipline  of    war, 
A.  W.  64. 
Militia  Omcers : 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Duties  and  rights,  A.  W.  122. 

Rank  and  precedence,  10, 11,  A.  W.  122, 124. 
'       Salutes  and  honors,  390, 403,  415, 418. 

Service  of  regular  oflicers,  1313. 
Mineral  Oil : 

Allowances,  1017. 

Quartermaster's  Department,  1012. 

Requisitions  for,  and  issue,  1015, 1016, 1021 . 

Sale  to  officers,  1020. 

Storage  in  or  near  storehouses,  1249. 
,       Unconsumed,  1022. 

Weight  per  gallon,  1019. 
I  Mineral  Waters : 

Payment  of  accounts,  1456. 
Ministers,  American  or  Foreign : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  409,  418. 
I  Minors: 
I       Discharged  for  fraud,  1386. 


272 


INDEX. 


Minors— Continued. 

Enlistment  825,826,829. 

Unlawful  enlistment,  A.  W.  3. 
Minute  Guns: 

Funerals  430-432. 
Misappropriation : 

Public  moneys  or  propertj',  A.  W.  60. 
Misbeliavior  Before  tlie  Enemy: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  42. 
Miscellaneous  Receipts: 

Proceeds  of  sale,  608,  615 
Misconduct: 

Officers  or  agents,  ^63. 
Misconduct  in  Time  of  War: 

Abandoning  post,  A.  W.  42. 

Casting  away  arms,  A.  "W.  42. 

Changing  parole  or  watchword,  A.  "W.  44. 

Correspondence  with  or  intelligence  to  the 
enemy,  A.  W.46. 

Cowardice,  A.  W.  42, 100. 

Disclosing  parole  or  watchword,  A.  W.  44. 

False  alarms,  A.  "W.  41. 

Forcing  .safeguard,  A.  W.  57. 

MisbehaA'ior  before  enemy,  A.W.  42. 

Plunder  or  pillage,  A.  W.  42. 

Quitting  colors,  A.  W.  42. 

Relieving,  harboring,  or  protecting  the  en- 
emy, A.  W.  45. 
Mitigation: 

Punishment,  916,  947,  A.  W.  112. 
Mittens: 

Issue  to  enlisted  men,  1189, 1190. 
Mobs: 

Employment  of  troops  against,  491. 
Molasses: 

Ration,  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Money  Accountability: 

Appropriations,  617-625. 

Certificates  of  deposit,  608-613. 

Checks,  596-604. 

Disbursing  officers,  580-593,  598 

Funds  by  express,  1128. 

Liqtiid  coffee  purchases,  1257. 

Money  accounts,  36,  84,  612,  619-021,  624- 
629,  635,  655,  056,  871,  876,  877,  1224, 
1291,  1294,  1488,  1532. 

Money  vouchers,  619,  628,  631-651,  747, 1208. 

Official  check  books,  605-607. 

Pecuniary  responsibility  of  officers,  653,  654. 

Proceeds  of  .sale,  608,  614-616. 

Public  moneys,  579-656. 

Transfer  or  succession,  16,  630 

Transfers,  594,  595. 
Money  Accounts: 

Abstracts,  619,  626, 1224, 1291. 

Accounts  current,  612,  619-621,  624-629. 

Administrative  examination,  655,  656. 

Admitted  errors,  625. 

Amounts  to  be  in  dollars  and  cents,  635- 

Certificates  of  deposit,  012. 

Contingent  exiien.ses,  621. 

Deceased  officers,  84. 


Money  Accounts— Continued. 

Disposition,  626. 

Fiscal  year  to  be  noted,  619. 

Forms  accounts  current,  626 

Fractions  of  cents,  635. 

Inspection,  871, 876, 877. 

Made  in  duplicate  on  bureau  forms,  626. 

Military  attaches,  36. 

Orders  and  papers  supporting,  627-629 

Ordnance  Department,  1488, 1532. 

Original  vouchers  required,  628. 

Pay  Department,  620. 

Preparation  and  rendition,  626, 627. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1224. 

Rates  of  exchange,  36. 

Separate  for  each  fiscal  year,  620. 

Subsistence  Department,  1291, 1294 

Supplemental,  024,  025. 

Vouchers  to  accompany,  627,  628. 
Money  Value: 

Artificial  limbs  and  a])pliances,  1467. 

Rations,  adjustment  of  cliarges,  125cf. 
Money  Vouciiers : 

Certificate  of  correctness,  032. 

Commanding  officers,  747. 

Completion    before    signing    by    creditor, 
638. 

Corporations,  642-644. 

Currency  payments  to  be  noted,  640. 

Firms  and  individuals,  641-643,  644. 

Fiscal  year  to  be  noted,  619. 

Fractions  of  cents,  635. 

Identification,  when  required,  645. 

Invoices  and  receipts  for  funds,  639,  640. 

Mode  of  purchase,  636. 

Money  amounts,  635,  038,  648. 

Number,  date,  and  amount  of  check,  640. 

Xumber  of  copies  to  be  made,  631. 

Original  bills,  633,  034. 

Original  to  accompany  account,  628. 

Q.  M.  and  sub.  supplies,  633. 

Receipts  in  blank  prohibited,  637. 

Services  not  personal,  033,  036.         ' 

Services,  personal,  6''.3,  051. 

Signature  and  heading,  GIC. 

Small  sums  for  occasional  services,  644. 

Supplies,  033.  030. 

Telegraphic  service,  GJ4, 12C8. 

Unpaid  accounts,  050. 

"Witnesses  to  signature  by  mark,  647. 
Montlily  Circulars : 

Stopi)ages  of  officers'  pay,  1345. 
Montlily  Payments : 

Corami.ssioned  officers,  1298. 

Enlisted  men,  1348. 
Monthly  Reports : 

Chaplains,  40. 

Superintendents,  national  cemeteries,  492. 
Montlily  Returns : 

Enlisted  strength  of  the  Army,  789-790. 
Morning  Report  Book : 

Company,  264. 

J'osts,  209. 


INDEX. 


273 


Morning  Reports : 

Company  and  consolidated,  388. 
Mother  of  Minor : 

Consent  to  enlistment  of  child,  826,  829. 
Mounted  Officers : 

Forage,  1044-1046. 

Horses,  184, 1044, 1065-1069. 

Public  animals,  1045. 
Mounted  Pay: 

Officers,  1301. 
Mounted  Service: 

Additional  pay,  1301. 

Announcement  of  authority,  1302. 

Muster  rolls  and  returns,  1303. 

Paj- accounts  of  officers,  1303. 

Sale  of  public  horses  to  officers,  1065. 
Mourniug : 

Badge,  443. 

Colors,  446. 

Drums,  445. 

Family,  444. 
Movement  of  Troops . 

Notice  sent  by  quartermaster,  1084, 

Orders  and  returns  of  command,  1080, 1082. 

Routes,  1083. 

Sick  or  wounded,  1081. 

Staff  officers,  745. 

Timely  notice  to  be  given,  745, 1078. 

Transports,  1081. 
Mules: 

Branding,  1032. 

Specifications,  etc.,  for  purchase,  1031. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1070. 
Mule  Shoes : 

Supply  and  issue,  1068. 
Murder : 

Punishable  by  militarj^  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Museums : 

Transportation  of  donations,  1130. 
Musical  lustruments: 

Bands  and  field  music,  248, 1201, 1202. 

Post  chapels,  1132. 
Musicians: 

Band,  245,  246,  249. 

Field  music,  247,  249. 

Fuel,  1006. 

Transfer  to  hospital  corps,  1403. 

Whistles,  1202. 
Music  Pouclies: 

Issue,  1188. 
Muster  and  Pay  Rolls  : 

Absentees,  785,  A.  TV.  12, 13. 

Absent  without  leave  notations,  133. 

All  payments  to  enlisted  men,  1363. 

Assistant  surgeons  at  posts,  1436. 

Band  musicians,  245,  246. 

Cadets,  military,  1347. 

Calculations,  787. 

Character,  notations,  148. 

Charges,  110,  115,  126,  684,  685,698,721,  1185, 
1200,  1500. 

Check  or  currency  payments,  1350-1364 

12851  A  n 18 


Muster  and  Pay  Rolls — Continued. 

Clothing  balances,  1181, 1183. 

Company,  246,  784. 

Continuous-sei'vice  pay,  1367. 

Corrections  or  changes,  788. 

Credit  sales  to  enlisted  men,  1289. 

Deserters'  pay,  1381. 

Designation  on,  of  companies,  786. 

Detached  enlisted  men,  785. 

Disability  originating  in  line  of  duty,  1432. 

Forfeitures  and  deductions,  1368, 1369. 

Forwarded  to  paymaster,  1350. 

Hospital  corps,  1436. 

Incorrect  payments,  1389. 

Money  amounts,  648. 

Mounted  service,  1303. 

Officers'  absence,  57,  63. 

Preparation,  disposition,  etc.,  784. 

Preservation,  etc.,  749. 

Property  lost  or  destroyed,  684, 685, 698. 

Re-enlistment  pay,  1367. 

Retained,  787,  788. 

Sick  in  hospital,  785 

Stoppages,  1390. 

Signatures  of  enlisted  men,  1364. 

Witness  of  payment,  1357, 1359, 1364 
Muster  for  Pay : 

Monthly,  451. 
Mustering  Officers: 

Correction  and  changes,  muster  rolls,  788. 
Musters : 

Accepting  presents,  etc.,  A.  W.  6. 

Certificate  of  absentees,  A.  W.  12, 13. 

Chief  bakers,  308. 

Cooks,  etc.,  302. 

Designation  of  officers  to  assist,  451. 

False,  A.  W.  5, 14. 

Hospital  corps,  1405. 

Inspection,  452. 

Monthly  for  pay,  451. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784-788. 

Review,  452. 

Signal  Corps  sergeants,  1539, 1540. 

Sunday,  452. 
Mutiny : 

Beginning,  exciting,  joining,  etc.,  A.  W.  22. 

Compelling  surrender  of  troops,  A.W.  43. 

Disobedience  of  orders,  A.  W.  21,  24. 

Failure  to  give  information,  A.  W.  23. 

Quelling  frays,  disorders,  etc.,  A.  W.  24. 

Striking  superior  officer,  A.  W.  21, 24. 

Suppression,  A.  W.  23. 
Mutton : 

Ration.  1253. 
National  Cemeteries : 

Biennial  inspection,  867. 

Supervision,  records,  reports,  etc.,  492. 
National  Colors : 

Salute,  391. 

Saluting,  389,  390. 
National  Festivities: 

Foreign  war  vessels  in  port  or  harbor,  425. 


274 


INDEX. 


National  Flag: 

Salute  to,  416. 
Saluting,  405. 
National  Home  Disabled  Tolunteer  Soldiers: 

Annual  inspection,  866. 

Supervision  of  accounts,  865. 
National  Salute : 

Xuniber  of  guns,  406. 
Na?j'  Officers : 

Funeral  honors,  431 . 

Eelative  rank  with  Army  officers,  12. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 403,  415, 418. 

Yisits  and  courtesies,  421-425. 
Neutrality  Laws : 

Enforcement  of,  by  the  Army,  487,  p.  66. 
Newspapers : 

Advertisements,  500-509. 

Dismissals,  cowardice  or  fraud,  A.  W.  100. 

Post  libraries,  310. 
Nomenclature : 

Posts  and  reservations,  198, 199. 
Nominations : 

Torpedo  instruction,  346. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  42, 43. 
Noncommissioned  Oflif ers : 

Arrest,  etc.,  902,  904-906. 

Company  noncommissioned  officers,  9,256- 
261,  264,  281,  368,  376,  383,  388,  439,  482, 
1006, 1202. 

Extra-duty  details,  166. 

Euneral  honors  and  escort,  439. 

Hiring  of  duty,  A.  W.  37. 

Insane  soldiers,  471. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  9, 91-97, 99-104, 
107,  108,  167,  439,  694,  784,  931, 1006, 1010, 
1109, 1119, 1203, 1363. 

Quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  A.  "W.  24. 

Regimental  noncommissioned  officers,  9, 
138,  241,  242, 1006, 1010, 1109, 1119. 

Regimental  noncommissioned  staff,  9,238, 
241,  242,  439,  791,  1006,  1010,  1109,  1119, 
1203. 

Salutes,  commanding  detachments,  398. 

Travel  under  orders.  1101, 1102. 

Trial  by  courts -martial,  931. 
Notary  Public : 

Administration  of  oaths,  683. 
Note  Headings : 

Wording  and  matter,  512. 
Numbering : 

Guns  and  platforms,  348. 

Packages  for  shipment,  1124. 
Oaths: 

Administration  by  boards  of  survey,  712. 

Administration  by  civil  officers,  683. 

Enlistment,  831,  A.  W.  2. 

Fees  for  administering,  649. 

Judge-advocates  courts-martial,  A.  "W.  85. 

Members  of  courts-martial,  A.  VT,  84. 

Members  of  courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W.  117. 

Military  justice,  note,  p.  227,  A.  W.  92. 118. 

Pay  accounts  of  officers  leaving  service, 
1307. 


Oaths— Continned. 

Power  of  inspectors  to  administer,  863. 

Purchasing  or  contracting  officers,  556. 

Recorders  of  courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W.  117. 
Oats : 

Care  and  accountability,  1059-1064 

Forage  ration,  1041. 
Obstructing  or  Hindering : 

Execution  of  the  laws,  487,  p.  67. 
Offense : 

Trial  second  time  for  same,  A."W.  102 
Officer : 

Definition,  p.  217,8ec.  1342  R.  S. 
Officer  of  the  Day  : 

Exemptions  from  duty,  373. 

Old,  exemptions  from  duty,  373. 

Property  used  for  police,  454-456. 
Officer  of  the  Guard : 

Duties  of  as  to  prisoners,  A.W.  67-69 

Property  used  for  police,  454-456. 
Office  Rooms: 

Illuminating  supplies,  1014-1019, 1021, 1022. 

Rented,  1007. 
Officers,  Array : 

Absence  without  leave,  A,  W.31, 33,  40. 

Abuses  and  disorders.  A,  TV.  54. 

Acceptance,  etc.,  of  civil  office,  80. 

Accepting  j^resents,  etc.,  A.  "W.  6. 

Accountability,  1532, 1533. 

Appeals,  A.  W.  29. 

Appointments  and  promotion,  20-31 

Arrest,  etc.,  897-902 ;  A.  W.  65. 

Arrested  by  civil  authorities,  1314. 

Articles  of  War  to  be  subscribed,  A.W.  1. 

Artificial  limbs  and  appliances,  1467-1471. 

Artillery  instruction,  462, 463. 

Assignments  to  companies,  228. 

Attendance  at  funerals,  442. 

Baggage  transportation,  1119. 

Barrack  furniture  and  rooms,  977. 

Beyond  the  sea,  55. 

Cavalry  instruction,  464,  465. 

Charges  against,  A.  W.  71. 

Children,  post  schools,  322,  324. 

College  details,  86-90. 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1336-1342. 

Contempt  or  disrespect  toward  command- 
ing officer,  A.  W.  20. 

Deceased,  81-85, 429, 430,  433,  437,  438,  440,447, 
494,  509,  600, 1120, 1456,  A.  W.  125, 127. 

Definition  of  officer,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Desertion,  A.  W.  47, 49-51. 

Discharge,  A.  W.  99. 

Dismissal,  A.  W.  99. 

Dispatches  in  the  field,  780. 

Disrespectful     or     contemptuous     words 
against  the  President,  A.  W.  19. 

Divine  service,  A.  W.  52. 

Drunkenness  on  duty,  A.  W.  38. 

Dueling,  A.  W.  26-28. 

Effects  of  deceased  officers  or   soldiers,  A. 
W.  127. 


INDEX. 


275 


Officers,  Army— Continued. 

Efficiency  reports,  807-812. 

Equipage  allowance,  1163. 

Equipments  of  enlisted  men,  278. 

False  musters,  A.  W.  5, 14. 

Forage,  1044, 1045. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  998-1003, 1006, 1009. 

General  courts-martial  proceedings,  894. 

Hiring  of  dutj',  A.  W.  37. 

Hospital  charges,  1447. 

Hospital  stores,  1450, 

Illuminating  supplies,  1020. 

Incompetent,  193. 

Infantry  instruction,  464,465. 

Insane,  469,  470. 

Inspection  reports,  concerning,  862. 

Instructions  in  signaling,  1544. 

Instructors,  post  schools,  317. 

Investigation  against,  862, 863. 

Issue  of  plothing,  1178, 1179. 

Leaves  of  absence,  44-64, 1327-1332. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344, 345. 

Medals  of  honor,  177. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1450-1456. 

Messing  and  cooking,  280-286. 

Military  history,  748. 

Misconduct,  863. 

Mounted,  addressing  superior,  394. 

Mourning,  443,444. 

Mutiny  and  sedition,  A.  W.  21-24,43. 

Oaths  of  enlistment,  A.  W.  2. 

Offenders,  against  civil  authorities,  A.W.  59. 

Orders  eulogizing  living,  771. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1501-1503, 1523. 

Payments,  1298-1303,   1306-1310,  1312,  1314- 

1319, 1321-1346, 1487. 
Pecuniary  interest,  etc.,  A.  "W.  18. 
Pecuniary  responsibility,  653, 654. 
Permanently  disabled,  193. 
Personal  reports,  805. 
Presence  at  parades,  449. 
Profanity,  A.  W.  53. 
Promotion,  20-31. 
Property,  damaged,  lost,  or  destroyed,  682- 

684,  A.  W.  15. 
Public  animals,  1045. 

Quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  A.  TT.  24, 25. 
Quartennaster's  supplies,  1196. 
Quarters,  984-097, 1006. 
Eank  and  precedence.  7-11,  A.W.  122, 123. 
Redress  of  wrongs,  A.  W.  54. 
Kelative  rank  with  navy  officers,  12. 
Reproving  noncommissioned  officers,  256. 
Resignations, 77-80,  A.W. 49. 
Retired,  73-76,  88,  414,  429,  437,  805,  998, 1025, 

1069, 1120, 1122, 1451. 1309. 
Returr  of  salute  of  enlisted  men,  404. 
Returns  of  public  property,  A.W.  8. 
Returns  of  troops,  A.  W.  7,  8. 
Roll  calls,  383. 

Roster  details  and  duty,  288,  364-377. 
Saluted,  whether  in  uniform  or  not,  396. 
Salutes  to,  by  enlisted  men,  396-404. 


Officers,  Amiy— Continued. 
Saluting,  393-395. 

Schools  of  instruction,  191. 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  61, 100. 

Service  reports,  806,  812. 

Special  duty,  etc.,  details,  32-36. 

Special  duty  under  Secretary  of  War,  190, 

191. 
Staff  corps  and  depts.,  737, 738,  741,745,746. 
Stoppages  against  pay,  1343-1346. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1280,  1281,  1283,  1285, 
1286. 

Telegraphic  service,  1208. 

Transfer  or  exchange,  42,  43. 

Travel,  on  duty,  65-72,  776,  1099-1117. 

Trials,  A.  W.  79. 

Uniform  and  dress,  1548-1551, 

Unlawful  enlistment  of  minors,  A.W.  3. 

Use  of  post  libraries  and  reading  rooms,  310. 

Violence  toward  traders,  A.  W.  56, 

Visiting  foreign  countries,  56. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  418, 420-425. 

Volunteer  or  militia  service,  1313. 

Waste  of  private  property,  A.  W.  55, 59. 

Witnesses,  militarj'  or  civil  courts,  72,  925. 

Wrongfully  selling  arms,  etc,  A.  W.  60. 
Officers,  Marines: 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Courts-martial,  Army,  A.  W.  78. 

Duties  and  rights,  A.  W.  122. 

Rank  and  precedence,  10, 11,  A.W.  122. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 403, 415, 418. 
Officers,  Militia: 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Duties  and  rights,  A.  W.  122. 

Rank  and  precedence,  10, 11,  A.W.  122, 124. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 403, 415,  418. 

Services  as,  of  regular  officers,  1313. 
Officers,  Xary : 

Funeral  honors,  431. 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,  12. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 403, 415, 418. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  421-425. 
Officers,  Volunteers : 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Duties  and  rights,  A.  W.  123. 

Rank  and  precedence,  10,  11,  A.  W.  123. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 403,  415, 418. 

Services  as,  of  regular  officers,  1313. 
Officers,  Foreign  Service : 

Official  salutes  and  honors,  390, 415, 418. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  421. 
Officers'  Mess : 

Quarters,  996. 
Officers'  Seryants : 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1197. 
Offices : 

Commissaries,  1008. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1014-1019, 1021, 1022. 

Militarj^  attaches,  36. 

Quartermasters,  1008. 

Rented,  1007. 

Rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006-1008. 


276 


INDEX. 


Official  Letters : 

See  Letters,  Official. 
One  Mile  Limit : 

Absence  from  camp  without  leave,  A.  W.  34. 
Onions : 

Ration,  1253. 
Open-Market  Purchases: 

See  Oral  Agreements,  Supplies  and  Services. 
Opinions: 

Applications  for  official,  768. 

Courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W.  119. 

Judge- Adv.-Gen.'s  Dept.,  890. 
Oral  Agreements,  Supplies  and  Services; 

Purchases  and  engagements,  566-568. 

Reports  by  purchasing  officer,  569. 
Order  Books : 

Company,  264. 

Post,  209. 

Regimental,  243. 
Orders : 

Acting  commanding  officers,  15. 

Addressed  to  commander,  775. 

Adjutant-General,  Army,  782. 

Approval  before  issue,  773. 

Authorizing  payment  of  mileage,  68. 

Jaption,  774. 

Change  of  station  of  officers,  65. 

Channels  of  comm'unication,  777. 

Circulars,  770. 

Classification,  issue,  etc.,  770. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1341, 1342. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1274. 

Condemned  property,  888, 889, 

Copies  furnished,  etc.,  775,  777,  782. 

Councils  of  administration,  289. 

Court-martial  duty,  emergencies,  191. 

Delays  in  obeying,  67. 

Detaching  officers,  service  schools,  etc.,  191. 

Disobedience,  A.  W.  21, 24. 

Distribution  and  file,  778. 

Engineers,  special  service,  1475. 

Eulogizing  living  officers,  771. 

Executed  by  whom,  775. 

Expenditures  and  issues,  653,  695,  696. 

Extra  and  special  duty,  1223. 

Garrison  courts-martial,  937. 

General,  defined,  771. 

Indians,  issue  to,  of  rations,  1266, 1268. 

Inspectors,  858-861. 

Liquid  coffee,  1257. 

Members  of  courts-martial,  917. 

Mounted  service,  1302, 1303. 

Obedience  to  and  prompt  execution,  1. 

President  and  Secretary  of  War,  188. 

Proceedings,  courts-martial,  892,  945. 

Publication  in  field,  camp,  or  garrison,  779. 

3'ursuit  of  deserters,  125. 

Rations  to  destitute  persons,  1267, 1268. 

Regimental  courts-martial,  937. 

Regimental  files,  244. 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  135, 136. 

Retui-u  journeys,  1323. 

Reviewing  authority,  courts- martial,  955. 

Settlement  of  accounts,  71. 


Orders— Continued. 

Sick  leaves  of  absence,  1315. 

Signaling  and  telegraphy  instruction,  1537. 

Signal  parties  in  the  field,  1541. 

Small-arms  practice,  357-359. 

Special,  defined,  772. 

Staff  departments,  782. 

Staff  officers,  travel,  69. 

Summary  court  trials,  932. 

Title,  officer  designated,  757. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  114. 

Transmission  in  the  field,  780,  781. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1080, 1082. 

Travel  allowances,  1323-1325. 

Travel  on  duty,  65-71,  776. 

Witnesses,  military  or  civil  courts,  925. 
Ordnance  and  Ordnance  Stores : 

Accountability,  etc.,  1488. 

Arm  chests  for  storage,  1523. 

Colleges,  90. 

Condemned,  888, 1500, 1524-1526. 

Definition,  1492. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 

Expenditure  of  ammunition,  1511-1514, 

Inspections,  1519, 1520, 1524-1526. 

Issues, 1493-1500, 1503, 1505, 1507, 1508. 

Loans,  1504. 

Lost,  etc.,  by  civilian  employees,  1510. 

Materials,  ordnance  establishments,  1531. 

Milita,  1131. 

Packing,  1527-1529. 

Price  lists,  1522. 

Proceeds  of  sale,  614. 

Purchase  and  distribution,  1408. 

Repairs  to,  used  by  recruits,  1518. 

Sales,  1501, 1502, 15*06,  1507, 1509, 1524-1528. 

Serviceable  surplus,  1515, 1516. 

Stamps  for  sealing  packages,  1529, 1530. 

Sufficiency  of  supplies  at  depots,  1497. 

Surplus  or  damaged,  1515-1523. 

Transportation,  973, 1530, 1531. 

Unserviceable,  1497,  1517-1521. 
Ordnance  Corps : 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  17. 

Extra-duty  details,  enlisted  men,  167. 

Officers,  17,  22, 196,  203, 1006, 1489-1491, 1496. 
Ordnance  Department : 

Blanks  and  blank  books,  1535. 

Bonds  of  storekeepers,  571-578. 

Civilian  employees'  traveling  expenses,  734. 

Cooking  devices,  286, 

General  provisions,  1488-1491. 

Leather  dressing,  etc.,  277. 

Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery,  1536. 

Materials,  ordnance  establishments,  1531. 

Mess  outfit,  individual,  286. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  90,  614,  888, 
973, 1131, 1408, 1488, 1492-1531. 

Post  book  of  artillery  record,  349, 1534. 

Publications,  1536. 

Returns  and  reports,  1532-1534. 

Small-arms  practice.  358,  362. 

Special  regulations,  pp.  iii,  209. 

Targets  and  material,  355. 
See  also  Chief  of  Ordnance. 


INDEX. 


277 


Ordnance  Depots : 

Absence  of  comniaudiiig  officer,  1491. 

Arm  chests,  1523. 

Emergency  issues,  1496, 1497. 

Establishment  and  maintenance,  1488, 1495. 

Requisitions  for  stores  not  on  band,  1498. 

Sufficiency  of  supplies,  1497. 

Supervision  and  control,  1496. 

Surplus  ordnance  stores,  1515, 1516. 

Unserviceable  and  unsuitable  supplies,  1497. 
Ordnance  Detachn>eHt : 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1171. 
Ordnance  Funds: 

Accountability,  etc.,  1488. 
Ordnance  Officers: 

Appointment,  etc.,  1489, 1490. 

Commanding  ordnance  establishments,  1491 , 

Departments,  196. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

I'uel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Ordnance  depots,  1496. 

Posts,  203. 

Promotion,  22. 

Scope  of  examination  for  appointment,  1490. 
Ordnance  Sergeants: 

Appointments,  duties,  etc.,  91-96, 99, 100,102. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Discharge,  re-enlistment,  101, 103, 104, 931. 

Furloughs,  107, 108. 

Military  control,  101. 

Personal  reports,  102. 

Property  accountability,  1533. 

Qualifications,  91,  93,  96. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  104, 931. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 

Special  duty  details,  99. 

Stationery,  1026. 
•  Temporary  duty  and  instruction,  97. 

Trial  by  courts-martial,  931. 
Ordnance  Storekeepers : 

Bonds,  571-578. 

Command  of  ordnance  establishments,  1491. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Ordnance  Supply  Table: 

Requisitions  to  conform,  1499. 
Original  Packages: 

Examination,  verification,  etc.,  668,  669. 
Outline  Figure  Cards: 

General  prisoners,  914. 
Outpost  Duty: 

Roster,  366. 
Outstanding  Liabilities: 

Accounts  for  advertisements,  509. 

Cheeks,  585,  600,  602  604,  876,  877. 

Debts,  623-625, 630, 1223. 
Oyercoats : 

Fur,  1191. 

Waterproof,  1550. 
Overpayments : 

Failure  to  refund,  134 

Stoppages,  1344. 
Overseers : 

Extra-duty  pay,  165. 


Overshoes: 

Issue  to  enlisted  men,  1186. 
Pack  Animals: 

Allotment  for  departments,  1071. 
Packers : 
Employment,  payment,  etc.,  727. 
Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  731. 
Packing : 
Articles  for  shipment,  1123. 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1527-1529. 
Pack  Transportation: 

Mules  to  be  generally  used,  1070. 
Pallbearers : 

Funerals,  military,  441. 
Parade : 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  "W.  33 

Daily,  449. 

How  conducted,  448. 
Pardon : 

Punishment  imposed  by  a  court-martial,  916. 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  112. 
Parlor  Cars: 

Accommodation  in,  to  whom  allowed,  1109. 

Charter,  1114. 

Civilian  employees,  730,  733. 

Fare  excluded  from  travel  allowances,  1321. 

Payment  of  accounts,  1116. 

Reimbursement  to  officers,  1117 

Requests,  1110-1113,  1115. 

Unused  requests,  1115. 
Parole : 

Disclosing  or  changing,  A.  W.  44. 
Partnerships : 

Acceptance  of,  of  partners,  as  sureties,  561. 

Contracts,  552. 
Patients  in  Hospitals: 

Admission,  etc.,  1431. 

Arms  and  accouterments,  1438. 

Contagious  diseases,  1442. 

Descriptive  lists,  1439. 

Died,  1439. 

Discharged  soldiers,  1440. 

Discharged  for  disability,  1439. 

Excused  from  Saturday  inspection,  266. 

Information  to  company  commander,  1432. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  785. 

Returned  to  duty,  1439. 

Savings  of  rations,  300, 1269. 
Paulins: 

Magazines,  in  case  of  fire,  340. 

Protection  of  subsistence  supplies,  1247. 
Pay  Accounts,  Officers' : 

Hypothecation  or  transfer,  130a 

Leave  of  absence,  1316. 

Leading  service,  1307. 

Made  in  duplicate,  1298. 

Mounted  service,  1303. 
Pay  and  Clothing  Accounts : 

Clothing,  1178-1185,  1192, 1407 

Deserters,  119. 

Detached  enlisted  men,  105. 

Post  noncommissioneu  staff,  101, 
Pay  Department : 

Accounts  current,  620. 

Bonds  of  officers,  571-578. 


278 


INDEX. 


Pay  Department— Continued. 

Certificates  of  merit,  1370. 

Civilian  employees'  traveling  expenses,  734. 

Civilian  -witnesses,  military  courts,  962,  963. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  133G-1342. 

Continuous  service  pay,  1366, 1367. 

Credit  sales,  1281,  1288-1290. 

Deceased  soldiers'  effects,  159,- 

Deposits,  1371-1379. 

Deserters'  effects,  130. 

Eligibility  of  ofldcers  of,  to  command,  18. 

Escaped  prisoners'  effects,  913. 

Forfeitures  and  deductions.  1368, 1369. 

General  provisions,  etc.,  1295-1297. 

Interpreters,  courts-martial,  961-965. 

Miscellaneous,  1389-139). 

Notification  discharge  of  enlisted  men,  150. 

Pay  during  absence,  1314-1320. 

Pay  of  deserters,  1380, 1381. 

Payments,  cadets,  1347. 

Payments.enlistedmen,  112, 138, 139, 169,  287, 
945,1275-1279,1312,1314,  1348-1370,  1374- 
1376, 1380-1389. 

Paj-ments,  officers,  1298-1346, 1487. 

lie-enlistment  pay,  1365, 1367. 

Reporters,  courts-martial,  959. 

Eetired  enlisted  men,  136, 138. 

Special  regulations,  pp.  iii,  184. 

Stoppage,  1343-1346. 

Travel  allowance,  1321-1335. 
Paymaster-General : 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1371,  1374. 

Pay  accounts,  officers,  1300. 

Payments,  discharged  soldiers,  1384. 

Payments,  enlisted  men,  1348,  1363. 
Paymasters : 

Absence  from  station,  1297. 

Bonds,  571-578. 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1360. 

Deceased  soldiers'  effects,  159, 160. 

Deposits  of  collections,  611. 

Designated  to  pay  discharged  men,  150. 

Eligibility  to  command,  18. 

Escaped  prisoners'  effects,  913. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Incorrect  payments,  1389. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls  calculations,  787. 

Xotification  discharged  enlisted  men,  150. 

Payments,  cadets,  1347. 

Payments,  discharged  soldiers,  1382-1384. 

Payments,  enlisted  men,  1348-1364. 

Promotions,  22. 

Receipts  for  refundments,  etc.,  1391. 

Stoppages  of  officers'  pay,  1345, 1B46. 
Paymasters'  Clerks : 

Transportation  and  expenses,  733,  734. 
Paymasters'  Collections: 

System  of  depositing,  611. 
Payments: 

Accounts  and  under  contract,  598 

Artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1469, 1471. 

Bakery  funds,  298. 

Bills  of  lading,  1143, 1150-1160. 


Payments-  Continued. 

Bridge  transportation,  1107. 

Cadets,  1347. 

Checks  on  presentation,  600,  601. 

Civilian    witnesses,    military    courts,   962, 
963. 

Ferry  transportation,  1107. 

Fuel  for  officers,  1000. 

Horses  sold  to  mounted  officers,  1065. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C,  175. 

Interpreters,  courts-martial,  961-965. 

Medical  attendance  and  medicines,  1452. 

Outstanding  checks,  604. 

Prisoners  on  release,  953. 

Reporters,  courts-mai'tial,  959. 

Savings  of  rations,  1270, 1271. 

Seed  for  post  gardens,  315. 

Telegraph  and  telephone  service,  1208, 1209, 
1211-1217. 

Turnpike  transportation,  1107. 

Unauthorized  advertisements,  508. 
Payments  to  Deserters : 

Stoppages,  forfeitures,  etc.,  1380, 1381. 
Payments  to  Discharged  Soldiers ; 

By  whom  made,  1364. 

Calculations,  1383. 

Identification  before  payment,  1382. 

Loss  or  non-receipt  of  final  statements,  1384. 

Made  on  final  statements,  1382. 

Minority  concealed  at  enlistment,  1386. 

Notations  on  discharge,  1383. 

Recruits,  1387. 

Transferred  claims,  1388. 

Travel  allowances,  1385. 
Payments  to  Enlisted  Men : 

Arrested  by  civil  authorities,  1314. 

Awaiting  sentence,  945. 

Certificate  of  merit,  1370. 

Checks  or  currency,  1349-1S64. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1275-1279. 

Continuous  service  pay,  1366, 1367. 

Dates  included,  1312. 

Deposits,  1374-1376. 

Deserters,  1380, 1381. 

Discharged  soldiers,  1364, 1382-1388 

Descriptive  lists,  1363. 

Extra-duty  pay,  169. 

Forfeitures  and  deductions,  1368, 1369. 

Furlonghed  soldiers,  112. 

Incorrect,  1389. 

Monthly,  1348. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  1350-1352,  1357,  1359 
1363,1364. 

Paymaster  designated,  1350, 1363. 

Periodical,  1348. 

Personal  by  paymasters,  1349, 1361,  1362, 

Re-enlistment,  1365, 1367. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138, 139. 

"STitnessed  by  officers,  787, 1357, 1364 
Payments  to  Officers: 

Absent  from  station,  1209. 

Additional  pay,  1301, 1304.  1305. 

Arrested  bv  civil  authorities,  1314. 


INDEX. 


279 


Payments  to  Officers— Contiuued. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1336-1342. 

Date  included,  1312. 

Dismissed  by  sentence,  1310. 

Entering  or  leaving  service,  1306-1308. 

Leaves  of  absence,  1315-1319. 

Monthly,  1298. 

Mounted  service,  1301, 1303. 

Pay  accounts,  1298, 1300, 1303, 1307, 1316. 

Promotions,  1306. 

Resigning,  1308. 

Eetiring  from  active  service,  1309. 

Sick  leave,  1315. 

Stoppages  against  pay,  1343-1346. 

Travel  allowances,  1321-1335, 1487, 
Pay  of  the  Army : 

Acting  judge-advocates,  1301. 

Additional,  officers,  1301, 1304, 1305. 

Certificates  of  merit,  1370. 

Companies,  252. 

Continuous  service,  1366, 1367. 

Deserters,  129, 132, 1380, 1381. 

Enlisted  men  awaiting  sentence,  945. 

Extra  duty,  164, 165, 167-169, 171, 172, 306. 

Extra,  enlisted  men,  180. 

False  certificates,  A.  "W.  13. 

Forfeitures  and  deductions,  951,  952,  1368, 
1369. 

Indian  scouts,  481. 

Longevity,  1311. 

Eates,  169, 1365, 1366, 1370. 

Re-enlistment,  1365, 1367. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138, 139. 

Secretary  of  War,  736. 

Stoppages  against  officers'.  1343-1346. 

Suspension  from  command,  A."W.  101. 

Volunteers  or  militia,  1313. 
Pay  Rolls : 

Money  amounts,  648. 
Pease : 

Ration,  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Penalties: 

Contractors'  bonds,  559, 563. 

Disbursing  officer's  bond,  572. 
Penitentiaries : 

Imprisonment,  940,  941,  A.  W.  97 
Pensions : 

Evidence,  etc.,  from  records,  803. 

Notation  of  degree  of  disability,  157. 
Peonage  Laws : 

Enforcement  of,  by  the  Army,  487,  p.  64. 
Pepper: 

Ration,  1253, 

Wastage,  1243. 
Periods: 

Furloughs,  106-108,  A.  W.  11. 

Leaves  of  absence,  44-46,  48,  49,  51,  53,  54, 
61-63. 

Theoretical  and  practical  instruction,  230. 
Periodicals : 

Post  libraries,  310. 
Perjury: 

Frauds  upon  the  Government,  A.  W.60. 


Permanent  Buildings : 

Construction  and  repairs,  705, 706. 

Erection  of  on  new  sites,  703. 
Permanent  Posts: 

Styled  "forts,"  199. 
Permanent  Works  of  Defense  : 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Department  commanders,  190. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  703. 

Supervision  or  control,  190, 211. 
Personal  Reports : 

Hospital  stewards,  1401. 

Inspectors,  859. 

Leaves  of  absence,  54,  57,  62-64. 

Officers  visiting  AYashington,  804. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff",  99, 102. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  137. 

Retired  officers,  805. 

Senior  signal  officer  of  an  army,  1541. 

Service,  806, 812. 

Special  duty  or  detached  service,  805. 

Staff",  corps,  or  departments,  805. 
Personal  Services: 

Bills  to  contain  no  charge  for  material,  518. 

Definition,  518. 

Rules  for  computation  of  time,  651. 

Vouchers  for  payment,  633. 

Wages  discharged  employes,  650. 
Personnel  of  the  Army : 

Records,  748. 
Persons  and  Articles  Employed  and  Hired : 

Quartermaster's  Department,  1223. 

Transfer  lists,  1223. 
Persuading  to  Desert : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  51. 
Physical  Examinations : 

Hospital  corps  recruits,  1399. 

Recruits,  841,842,847. 
Pickaxes  and  Helves : 

Helves  dropped  from  returns,  1198. 

Police  purposes,  454. 
Pickled  Fish: 

Ration,  1253. 
Pickles: 

Wastage,  1243. 
Pillaging: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  42. 
Plans  and  Specifications: 

Alterations,  1428. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  978. 

Hospitals,  1424-1426, 1428. 

Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1426, 1428. 
Platforms: 

Care,  etc.,  of  wooden,  332. 

Numbering  in  fixed  batteries,  348. 
Platoon : 

Quitting  without  leave,  A.  W.  40. 
Plats : 

Military  lands,  707. 
Plundering: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  42. 
PoHce : 

Barracks,  267,  269-271. 

Daily  duties  of  parties,  387. 


280 


INDEX. 


Police— Continued . 

Guards  and  property,  453-456. 

Kitchens  of  enlisted  men,  281. 

Light  batteries.  377. 
Police  Officers : 

Apprehension  of  deserters,  122, 124. 
Ponchos: 

Black  rubber,  1550. 
Pork: 

Eations,  1253. 
Posse  Coniitatus : 

Employment  of  national  forces,  486-491. 
Post  Cemeteries : 

Care  and  maintenance,  495, 497. 

Headboards  for  graves,  495, 496. 

Inclosed  with  wall  or  fence,  495. 

Interments,  498,  499,  1218. 

Suitable  ground  to  be  set  apart,  494. 

Walks,  etc.,  497. 
Post  Commanders : 

Abatement  term  of  confinement,  915. 

Acting  hospital  stewards,  1402. 

Animals  of  Indians.  477. 

Articles  used  for  police,  454. 

Artillery  material,  348. 

Bakery  fund,  296-299. 

Barrack  furniture,  977,  983. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  976-978, 984,  985. 

Boards  of  survey,  709. 

Bread  ration,  296. 

Brooms,  1204. 

Buildings  for  amusement,  etc.,  311. 

Chaplains,  41. 

Charts  for  artillery  practice,  351. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1164, 1165. 

Company  commanders,  254. 

Company  fund,  301. 

Confinement  of  enlisted  men,  911. 

Councils  of  administration,  287-289,  291. 

Counsel  for  prisoners,  926. 

Deceased  soldiers'  effects,  159, 160. 

Deserters,  116,  M8-120, 122, 123. 

Deserters'  effects,  130. 

Details,  light  artillery,  officers  and  men,  377. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  148, 156. 

Discipline,  instruction,  etc.,  200. 

Efficiency  reports,  807. 

Escaped  prisoners,  128. 

Escorts  of  honor,  426. 

Estimates,  744. 

Extra  and  special  duty  details,  172. 

Field-service  hospital  corps,  1420. 

Forage  and  straw,  1021. 

Fuel,  285,  1021. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Funeral  escorts,  etc.,  437. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  106,  108,  109. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  200,  201. 

General  hospitals,  1433. 

General  mess,  280,  285, 303. 

Hospital  buildings.  1424. 

Hospital  service,  1435,  1436.  1440. 

Hospital  transports,  etc.,  1434. 


Post  Commanders— Continued, 

Illuminating  supplies,  285,  1013,  1014,  1016, 
1018,  1021. 

Indians,  Indian  reservations,  474,  476,  477. 

Indians,  issue  to,  of  rations,  1266. 

Insane  patients,  472. 

Instruction  of  enlisted  men  in  cooking,  280. 

Irregularities,  et<5.,  874,875. 

Kitchen  and  table  ware,  285. 

Lance  corporals,  257. 

Leave  of  absence,  officers,  44. 

Librarian,  post,  297. 

Light  artillery,  post  fatigue,  etc.,  377. 

Mail  contractors,  207. 

Matrons,  1436,  1437. 

Medical  and  hospital  supplies,  1444. 

Mess  furniture,  285, 983. 

Messing  and  cooking,  280,  284. 

Monthly  inspections,  200. 

Morning  reports,  388. 

Office  brooms,  1204. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1350-1355. 

Personal  leave  of  absence,  45. 

Policing  stables,  etc.,  1077. 

Post  cemeteries,  494. 

Post  exchanges,  326. 

Post  gardens,  314. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  99, 102. 

Post  schools,  317-321,  324. 

Practical  and  theoretical  instruction,  230. 

Previous  convictions,  929. 

Prisoners  messing,  284. 

Private  buildings,  979. 

Proceedings,  courts-martial,  894,932,  933, 956 

Property  responsibility,  658. 

Proposals,  supplies,  and  services,  541. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1063. 

Rations,  1258-1264. 

Records  of  post,  209. 

Recruiting  service,  844-847, 851-854. 

Regimental  field  officers,  232. 

Reports,  issues,  and  roll  calls,  386. 

Requisitions,  744. 

Returns  of  troops,  789. 

Roll  calls,  383. 

Sales  of  subsistence  supplies,  1287. 

Small-arms  practice,  360. 

Staff,  203. 

Stationery,  1023. 

Surgeons  of  posts,  1393. 

Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1200. 

Telegraphic  code,  1207. 

Transfers  to  hospital  corps,  1403. 

Treasurer,  post,  297. 

Verification,  original  packages,  669. 

A^isitors  to  posts,  418. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  421. 
Postmaster-General : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408, 418. 
Post  Noncommissioned  Staff: 

Accountability,  etc.,  for  property,  100,  694. 

Appointment,  duties,  etc.,  91-96,  99, 100, 102. 

Baggage,  1119. 


INDEX. 


281 


Post  Xoncommissioiied  Staff— Continued. 
Brooms  and  scrubbing  brusbeu,  1203. 
Discharge  and  re-enlistment,  101,  103,  104, 

931. 
Extra  and  special  duty.  99, 167. 
Furloughs,  107, 108. 
Funeral  honors  and  escort,  439. 
Military  control,  101. 
Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784. 
Payments,  1363, 
Personal  reports,  102. 
Qualifications,  91,  93,  96. 
Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 
Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Reduction  to  the  ranks,  104-931. 
Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Temporary  duty  and  instruction,  97. 
Trial  by  courts-martial,  931. 
Post-Oflice  Department: 

Property  loaned  to  mail  contractors,  207. 
Post  Quartermaster-Sergeants : 
Appointments,  duties,  etc.,  91-96,  99,   100, 

102. 
Baggage,  1119. 
Discharge  and  re-enlistment,  101,  103,  104, 

93i. 
Furloughs,  107, 108. 
Military  control,  101. 
Personal  reports,  102. 
Qualifications,  91,  93,  96. 
Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006,1010. 
Rank  ami  precedence,  9. 
Reduction  to  the  ranks,  104, 931. 
Sleeping  car,  1109. 
Stationery,  1026. 
Trial  by  courts-martial,  931. 
Posts  and  Reservations: 
Ambulances  and  harness,  1414. 
Bakeries,  164,  165.  287-289,  291-293,  296-299, 

304-309,  312, 1004, 1203, 1204, 1269, 1282. 
Bowling  alleys,  311. 
Buildings  for  amusement,  etc.,  311. 
Cemeteries,  494-499, 1218. 
Chapels,  310,  313,  1006,  1014-1019.  1021,  1022, 

1132, 1204. 
Civilians  residing  on  reservation,  210. 
Clothing  and  equipage,  1172, 1178, 1179. 
Commanders.    See  Post  Commanders. 
Commissary  book,  1228. 
Construction,  etc.,  to  buildings,  705, 706. 
Council,  130,  159,  160,  209.  263,  287-290,  292, 

296-299. 
Deeds,  title,  and  other  papers,  704, 890. 
Designation,  199. 
Discontinued,  800. 
Drainage,  sewerage,  etc.,  1393. 
Duty  and  labor  on  Sunday,  202. 
Engineer  ofiicer  on  duty,  1483. 
Establishment,  198. 
Exchanges,  209,  287-289,  291,  292,  295,  296,  311, 

315,  325,  326, 1282. 
Extra-duty  pay,  172. 
Flags,  213,  405,  416. 


Posts  and  Beseryatlons— Continued. 

Foreign  vessels,  national  festivities,  425. 

Funeral  honors,  431-447. 

Gardens,  314-316. 

Guards,  453-456. 

Gymnasiums,  311-313. 

Hauling  forage,  1077. 

Hospital  buildings,  1424-1430. 

Hospital  corps,  1409-1411. 

Hospital  corps  instruction,  1399. 

Hygiene,  1393. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1012-1022 

Improvement  of  grounds,  700. 

Inspection  of  garrisoned,  867, 875. 

Inspection  of  ungarrisoned,  807,  875. 

Instruction  and  practice,  1544. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Libraries,  297,  310,  312,  313,  1006,  1014-1019, 
1021, 1022, 1132, 1204. 

Limitation  of  expenditures,  204,  206. 

Litters,  hand,  1417. 

Means  of  transportation,  1077. 

Medical  inspection,  1393, 1465. 

Morning  and  evening  guns,  208. 

Navy  or  Marine  Corps  deserters,  134. 

Nomenclature,  198, 199. 

Official  correspondence,  763,  764. 

Orderly  observance  of  the  Sabbath,  202. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1349. 

•Plats  of  land,  707. 

Policing  stables,  1077. 

Position,  etc.,  of  guns  in  fixed  batteries,  348. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1050. 

Reading  rooms,  310,  312,  313, 1006, 1014-1019, 
1021, 1022. 

Records,  40,  209,  349, 496,  498,  800, 1534. 

Recruiting  stations,  854. 

Removal  of  trespassers,  210. 

Returns,  57,  63,  480,  749, 789,  794-790, 1207 

Salutes  and  honors,  389-419. 

Sanitary  condition,  1393. 

Schools,  290,  310,  312,  313,  317-324, 1006, 1014- 
3019, 1021,1022,1204. 

Sites,  purchase  of,   for  new  reservations, 
703. 

Spring  wagons,  1074. 

Stafi^of  post  commander,  203. 

State  jurisdiction,  703 

Supervision,  210,  211. 

Surgeon,  1393. 

Title  papers,  890. 

Treasurer,  296-299,  304. 

Ungarrisoned,  211,  867,  875, 1179. 

Veterinary  hospitals,  186. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  418,  420-425. 

"Water  supply,  1393. 

"NVharfs  and  piers,  706. 
Potatoes : 

Ration,  1253. 
Powder : 

Accidental  fires  near  magazines,  340. 

Care  of,  in  barrels,  338. 

Storage  in  or  near  storehouse,  1249. 


282 


INDEX. 


Practical  Instruction : 

Duties,  etc.,  commanders,  230. 
Reports,  231. 
Practice  Marches,  Field  Maneuvers,  etc. : 

Field  practice,  messing  and  cooking,  280. 
Praise : 

Discussions,  etc.,  conveying,  forbidden,  5. 
Precedence : 

Commissioned  officers,  9-12,  A.  W. 122-124. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  9. 

Hegiments  and  corps,  6. 
Prescriptions,  Medical : 

Civilians,  1444. 
Presents : 

Mustering  officers,  A.  W.  6. 
President  of  tlie  Senate  : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  408,  418. 
President  of  the  United  States : 

Assignments  by,  to  command,  189,  A.W.  122. 

Certificates  of  merit,  178. 

Contemptuous  or  disrespectful  words,  A. 
W.  19. 

Corps  of  Engineers,  1472. 

Death  of,  honors  paid  at  posts,  427. 

Departments  and  commanders,  189. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  xnen,  140.  A.  "W.  4. 

Discharge  or  dismissal  of  officers,  A.  W.  99. 

General  courts-martial,  A.  W.  72. 

Limitation  of  punishment,  938. 

Medals  of  honor,  177. 

Officers  of  staif  departments,  17. 

Orders  of,  affecting  the  Army.  188. 

Proceedings,  courts-martial,  892, 896, 

Salutes  and  honors,  389,  407,  418. 

Sentences,  A.  W.  105, 106, 108, 109,  111. 
Press  Copy  Books : 

Correspondence,  etc.,  quartermasters,  1218. 

Quartermaster's  supplies  shipped,  1218. 
Prerious  Convictions : 

Consideration  and  evidence,  929, 934. 
Price  Lists: 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1163. 

Firearms  lost  or  damaged  by  soldiers,  1522. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1292. 
Prices : 

Company  tailors,  263. 

Discharge  by  purchase,  enlisted  men,  144. 
Principal  Musicians: 

Appointment,  etc.,  241. 

Kank  and  precedence,  9. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Printing: 

Advertising  and  job,  500-514. 
Prisoners: 

Abatement  of  term  of  confinement.  915. 

Arraignment,  A.  W.  89. 

Bedding  and  bunks,  1048. 

Classes  to  be  confined  separately,  907. 

Clothing,  887, 911,  912, 1193. 
Copy  of  record,  A.  TV.  114. 
Counsel,  926.  A.  W.  90. 

Designation,  etc.,  903. 


Prisoners— Continued, 

Food  supplie.s,  284. 

Garrison,  903,  907. 

General,  128, 903,  907, 914-910. 

General  courts-martial  proceedings,  894. 

Irons,  909. 

Outline  figure  card  record,  914. 

Pardon  or  mitigation,  916,  947. 

Personal  efiects  of  escaped,  913. 

Reward  for  escaped,  128. 

Right  of  challenge,  A.  W,  88. 

Special  rules  and  regulations,  910. 

Standing  mute,  etc.,  A.  AV.  89. 

Transfer  to  place  of  confinement,  910,  911. 

Undergoing  more  than  one  sentence,  948. 

"Writ  of  habeas  corpus,  970. 
Private  Correspondence : 

Officers  and  men  beyond  the  seas,  761. 
Private  Property: 

Claims,  act  March  3,  1885,  723. 

Waste  or  spoil,  A.  W.  55,  59. 
Privates : 

Fuel,  1006. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort, 439, 440. 

Hospital  corps,  1101,  1102. 

Roster  duties,  3C8. 

Salutes  commanding  detachment,  ^98. 
Proceedings : 

Boards  of  survey,  708, 711,  714-723. 

Councils  of  administration,  289. 

Courts  martial,  890. 89':,  894-896,  932,  945, 954- 
957,  A.  W.  86-95, 113, 114, 121. 

Courts  of  inquiry,  890,  892,  A.  W,  116,  118, 
120,121. 
Proceeds  of  Sale : 

Deserters'  efiects,  130. 

Disposition,  etc.,  608,  614-616, 

E.scaped  prisoners'  efi'ects,  913. 

Horses  sold  to  mounted  officers,  1065. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1501.  1502,  1526. 

Surplus  garden  products,  316. 

Transfers  of  public  property,  616. 
Profanity : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  53. 
Professional  Boolcs  and  Papers; 

Tran.sportation,  1120,  1122. 
Promoters  of  Duels: 

Deemed  principals,  A.  W.  27, 
Promotion : 

Enlisted  men  from  the  ranks,  21-30,1121, 
1122, 1334. 

Examinations,  748. 

Officers,  20-31, 

Payments  to  o  licers,  1306. 

Records,  748. 

Signal  Corps  sergeants,  1539. 

Travel  allowances  joining,  1331. 
Property  Accountability  and  Responsibility: 

Articles  in  charge  of  guards, 454-456 

Branding  before  issue,  676. 

Captured  public  stores,  A.  W.  9. 

Company  commanders,  661-663,  A.  TV.  10. 

Condemned,  679,  680. 


INDEX. 


283 


Property  Accountability  and  Responsibility- 
Continued. 

Damaged,  lost,  destroyed,  or  stolen,  681-691, 
A.  W.  15-17. 

Defined,  657. 

Detachment  commanders,  661-663,  A.  W.  10. 

Details  separating  from  property,  664. 

Enlisted  men,  663,  694. 

Expenditures  under  orders,  695,  696, 

Issues,  663,  673. 

Keys  of  storerooms,  etc..  674. 

Means  of  transportation  at  posts,  1077. 

Military  telegraph  lines,  1542. 

Miscarried  or  missing  stores,  666. 

Musical  instruments,  1201,  1202. 

Officers  separated  from  command,  659. 

Ord.  and  ortl.  stores,  1488,  1502-1510,  1533. 

Original  packages,  668,  669. 

Post  commanders,  658. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  100, 694. 

Preservation  and  repairs,  675. 

Prevention  of  loss  or  damage,  674,  1058. 

Public  property,  593. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1050-1064. 

Receipts  in  blank  prohibited,  670. 

Refusal  to  sign  receipt,  667. 

Relief  by  boards  of  survey,  710,  711. 

Removal  of  all  officers,  660. 

Returns.  692-702,  1221,'l222,  1224,  1225,  1294, 
1502, 1503, 1506,  1510, 1533. 

Signal  Corps,  Sergeants,  694. 

Signal  supplies,  1546. 

Street-car  and  ferry  tickets,  1108. 

Subsistence  Department,  1294. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1238-1246. 

Supplies  in  transit,  1126. 

Surveying  or  exploring  expeditions,  672. 

Transfer  or  succession,  16,  630. 

Transfers  involving  accountability,  665. 

Transfers  to  Indians,  479. 

Transfers,  bureaus  and  departments,  671. 

T7nauthorized  sales,  A.  W.  16,  17. 

Use  of,  for  private  purposes,  677. 

Veterinary  supplies,  1039,  1040. 

"Worn  out  in  service,  678. 
Proposals  for  Supplies  and  Services: 

Abstracts,  539-541,  547,  548. 

Advertisements,  505,  520-524. 

Bidders,  522,  525-539,  543,  544,  546. 

Delivery,  535. 

Dispo.sition  of  copies.  540,  541. 

Erasures  or  interlineations,  532. 

Firm  or  corporation,  530. 

Folding  and  numbering,  540. 

Guaranties,  533,  534. 

Opening,  535,  537,  539. 

Posts  and  department  headquarters, 541,  542. 

Preparation,  etc.,  529,  531. 

Safe-keeping.  537. 

Separate  for  labor,  etc.,  each  place,  536. 

Withdrawal,  538. 
Protecting  the  Enemy : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  45. 


Protection : 

Laborers,  etc.,  on  military  works,  366. 
Provisions  for  Soldiers : 

Sales  in  garrisons,  forts,  etc.,  A.  W.  18. 

Violence  toward  traders,  A.  W.  56. 
Provoking  Speeches  or  Gestures : 

Punishment  for  using,  A.  W.  25. 
Provost-Marshals : 

Duties  of,  as  to  prisoners,  A.  "W.  67-69 
Public  Animals : 

Ambulance,  1416. 

Artillery  and  cavalry     orses,    1029,    1030, 
1032,  1034,  1065,1067,1068. 

Assignment  to  riders  or  drivers,  1036 

Branding,  1032. 

Care  and  treatment,  184, 185. 

Condemned,  679, 1037. 

Descriptive  books,  1034, 1218. 

Descriptive  lists,  1033, 1035. 

Draft  and  pack,  1071. 

Exchange  or  surrender,  1036. 

Furnished  by  Q.  M.  Department,  972. 

In.'tpection  and  condemnation,  878, 879, 1037. 

Issue  or  transfer,  1035. 

Purchased  under  contract,  1028. 

Recovery  of  lost  or  stolen,  688-691. 

Sale  of  condemned,  679,  1037. 

Sales  of  horses  to  mounted  officers,  1065. 

Salt,  1265. 

Shoeing  and  materials,  1068. 

Sick,  injured,  or  infected,  708. 

Specifications,  qualities,  etc.,  1029-1031. 

Straw  for  bedding,  1049. 

Transportation  of  officers'  horses,  1069. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1071. 

Unserviceable,  878.  879, 1037. 

Use  of  by  mounted  officers,  1045, 1066,  1067. 

Vinegar,  1265. 
Publication: 

Articles  of  War  to  the  Army,  A.  W.  128. 

Changes,  Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery,  353. 

Delivery  of  government  abroad,  37. 

Dismissal  for  cowardice  or  fraud,  A. W.  100. 

Medical  and  official,  1449. 

Preservation,  etc.,  ordnance  materials,  1536. 

Private  transactions,  5. 
Public  Buildings: 

Bonds  and  contracts,  565. 

Construction  and  repairs,  705,  706, 
Public  Buildings  and  Grounds,  D.  C. 

Title  and  other  papers,  704,  890, 1472. 
Public  Health : 

Enforcement  of  quarantine,  487,  p.  00. 
Public  Lands : 

Intruders  or  trespassers,  487,  pp.  65,  66. 

Title  papers,  militarj',  890. 
Public  Moneys : 

Accountability,  579-656. 

Balance?  at  close  of  fiscal  year.  623-625 

Balances  on  deposit  unchanged,  586. 

Collections,  608-616. 

Contracts  involving  fiiture  payments,  515, 
579. 


284 


INDEX. 


Public  Moneys— Contiuueil. 

Covering  into  Treasury,  586. 

Deceased  officers,  84. 

Disbursing  officers  ceasing  to  act,  585. 

Estimates,  580. 

Failure  to  account,  1343. 

Illegal  disbursements,  1344. 

Insurance,  593. 

Miscellaneous  receipts,  etc.,  608. 

Outstanding  checks  or  drafts,  603. 

Overpayments,  1344. 

Personal  possession,  584. 

Places  of  deposit,  580. 

Receipts  for  amounts  not  paid,  A.  W.  GO. 

Received  for  disbursements,  580-584. 592. 

Stealing,  embezzling,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 

Transfer,  582, 592,  594, 595. 

Transfer  to  the  Treasury,  608. 

Transportation  by  express,  1128. 

Use  and  expenditures,  579. 
Public  Propfrtj' : 

Abstracted,  &:c.,  by  deserters,  115. 

Accountability,  657-702,  A.  ^V.  9, 10, 15-17. 
••    Branding,  676. 

Care  and  preservation,  193,  200. 

Commanding  officers,  747. 

Company  commanders,  274, 275. 

Condemnation  by  boards  of  survey,  713. 

Condemned,  679,  680. 

Damaged,   lost,    destroyed,    or  stolen.  206, 
668.  074,  688-691,  1149,  A.  W.  10. 

Deceased  officers,  84. 

Deficiencies,  etc.,  1344. 

Deficit  or  shortage,  668. 

Department  commanders'  inspections,  193. 

Expenditures  under  orders,  695, 696. 

Failure  to  account,  1343. 

Inspection,  878-889. 

Insurance,  593. 

Intrusted,  657. 

Mail  contractors ,  207. 

Mess  and  table  ware  and  furniture,  285. 

Preservation  and  repair,  675. 

Private  uses,  077. 

Proceeds  of  sale,  614-616. 

Purchase  by  officers,  680. 

Receipts,  amounts  not  delivered,  A.  TT.  60. 

Recovery  of  lost  or  stolen,  688-691. 

Sales  of  condemned,  679,  680. 

Stealing,  wrongfully  selling,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 

Tents  for  protection,  1205. 

Transfers  to  another  department,  616,  671. 

rnserviceable,  880, 884. 

Yerification  of  contents  of  packages,  669. 

Worn  out,  679,  680. 
Public  Works: 

Annual  inspection,  868. 

Bonds  and  contracts,  565. 

Travel  allowances  of  officers,  1333. 
Punishments : 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  W.  31-35,  40. 

Abuses  and  disorders,  A.  W.  54. 

Accepting  presents,  etc.,  A.  W.  6. 


Punishments— Continued. 

Ammunition,  sale  or  waste,  A.  W.  16, 

Behavior  at  divine  worship,  A.  AV.  52. 

Breach  of  arrest,  A.  W.  65. 

Children  post  schools,  324. 
•Contempt  or  disrespect,  A.  W.  20. 

Contemptuous  words,  A.  W.  19. 

Damages,  loss,  etc.,  A.  W.  15-17. 

Desertion,  A.  W.  47-51. 

Destroying,  etc.,  military  records,  802. 

Disrespectful  words,  A.  "W.  19. 

Drunkenness  on  duty,  A.  W.  38. 

Dueling,  A.  W.  26-28* 

Enlistment  of  minors,  A.  "W.  3. 

Escape  of  prisoner,  A.  W.  69. 

Failure  to  make  returns,  A.  "W.  7. 

Failure  to  report  confinement  of  enlisted 
men,  A.  W.  68. 

Failure  to  surrender  otlenders  against  civil 
authorities,  A.  W.  59. 

False  certificate  of  absence  or  pay,  A.  W.  13. 

False  musters,  A.  W.  5, 14. 

False  returns,  A.  W.  8. 

Frauds  and  embezzlement,  A.  W.  60. 

Hiring  of  duty,  A.  W.  36,  37. 

Horses,  sale  or  loss  through  neglect,  A.W.17. 

Increase  of  sentences  of  confinement,  942. 

Legality  and  promptness,  2. 

Limitations,  938. 

Misconduct  in  time  of  war,  A.  W.  41,  42,  44- 
4G,  57, 100. 

Mutiny  and  sedition,  A.  W.  21-24, 43. 

Ofienses  against  the  laws,  A.  "W.  58, 59. 

Ofl^'enses  not  capital,  A..  W.  83. 

Pardon  or  mitigation,  916,  947. 

Pecuniary  interests,  etc.,  A.  "W.  18. 

Profanity,  A.  W.  53. 

Provoking  or  reproachful  speeches  or  ges- 
tures, A.  W.  25. 

Release,  unauthorized,  of  prisonei's  ATV.  69. 

Sleeping  on  post,  A.  "W.  39. 

Spies,  p.  231,  sec.  1343,  R.  S. 

Use  of  Army  as  posse  comitatus,  486. 

Violence  against  traders,  A.  W.  56. 

"Waste  of  private  property,  A.W.  55, 59 
Purchases : 

Discharge,  by  enlisted  men,  144, 146. 

Forage,  1045. 

Fuel  by  officers  and  families,  998-1004 

Horses  by  mounted  officers,  1065. 

Lands  for  military  purposes,  703. 

Public  animals,  1028-1033.      ^ 

Supplies,  etc.,  293,300,304,  307,  315,  518-570, 
573-577.  587,  589,  622,  633,  G3G,  1057-1060, 
1223,  122G-1229, 1238, 1250, 1257, 1269-1271. 
14G0, 1488, 1537. 
Purchases,  Supplies,  and  Serrices: 

Appropriation  from  which  paid,  622. 

Articles  for  use  in  post  bakeries,  304,  307. 

Bakery  fund,  233. 

Beef  and  beef  cattle.  1250. 

Company  fund,  293, 300. 

Contractors,  554,  559-565,  570,  573-578. 


INDEX. 


285 


Purchases,  Supplies,  and  Services- Cont'd. 

Contracts,  515,  516,  519,  542-558,  565, 570,  589. 

Deliveries,  1058. 

Exceptional  articles,  566,  569, 1283. 

Forage  masters,  1057. 

Foreign  articles,  517,  545. 

Fuel,  forage,  etc.,  1059, 1060. 

Interest  in,  by  disbursing  ofiicers,587. 

Liquid  coffee,  1257. 

Manner  and  metbods,  518, 549. 

Medical  supplies,  566, 569, 1460. 

Mess  fund,  293. 

Oral  agreement  or  open-market,  566-569. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1488. 

Personal  service,  518. 

Persons  in  militarj'  service,  589. 

Proposals,  520-541^  547,  548. 

Eations,  1269-1271. 

Eegimental  fund,  293. 

Ivcports  of  persons  and  articles,  1223. 

Seed  for  post  gardens,  315. 

Signal  Corps  supplies,  1537. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1226-1229, 1238. 

Vouchers  for  payment,  633,  636. 

Wagon  masters,  1057. 
Purchasing  and  Contracting  Offlcer: 

Ability  of  bidders  to  carry  out  bidS:  546. 

Advertisements,  520-524. 

Award,  etc.,  of  contracts,  541,  542,  551. 

Contractor's  bond,  564. 

Entitled  to  copy  of  contract,  554. 

Estimates,  746. 

Guaranties,  bidders,  533. 

Medical  Department,  569. 

Oath  appended  to  contract.  556. 

Opening  proposals  prematurely,  535 

Oral  agreements,  566-569.  ^ 

Proposals,  535,  537. 

Quartermasters  Department,  557, 569. 

Kesponsibilities,  519. 

Subsistence  Department,  557, 569, 1227. 

Supplies,  persons  in  military  service,  589. 
Qualifleations: 

Applicants  for  enlistment,  823,  824. 

Appointees,  second  lieutenants,  30,31. 

Artillery  inspectors,  350. 

Captains  light  batteries,  345. 

College  details,  87. 

Company  bearers,  1412. 

Counsel  for  prisoners,  926. 

Hospital  and  acting  hospital  stewards,  1397. 

Hospital  corp.s  privates,  1399. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C,  173. 

Ordnance  officers,  1489. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  91, 93,  95,  96. 

Purcha.se  by  enlisted  men  of  discharge,  144. 

Regimental  staff  officers,  235. 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  135. 

Signal  Corps  officers,  1538. 

Special  duty  and  detached  service,  34. 

Staff,  personal,  33. 

Surgeons,  1394. 

Transfer  to  hospital  corps,  1403. 


Qualiflcations— Continued. 

Veteran  soldiers,  145. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  182. 
(Quarantine  Uegulations: 

Enforcement  of,  by  the  Army,  487,  p.  66. 
Quarrels: 

Provoking  speeches  or  gestures,  A.  "W.  25. 

Quelling,  A.  W.  24. 
Quartermaster-General : 

Artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1469-1471. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  978. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1166, 1167,  1169-1171. 

Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  223. 

Draft  and  pack  animals,  1071. 

Engineer  battalion,  1171. 

Estimates  for  funds,  975 

Fuel,  998. 

General  depots,  974. 

Hospitals,  1429. 

Inmates    Soldiers'    Home,   transportation, 
175. 

National  cemeteries,  492. 

Newspapers  and  periodicals,  310. 

Office  rooms,  1008. 

Ordnance  detachment,  1171. 

Persons  and  articles  employed,  etc.,  1223. 

Plans,  etc.,  for  new  buildings,  978. 

Post  cemeteries,  498, 499. 

Quartermasters'  records,  1219. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1056, 1063. 

Recruiting  service,  1170. 

Street-car  and  ferry  tickets,  1108. 

Telegraphing,  1213, 1214. 

Text-books  and  school  materials,  310. 

Transportation  of  Department  or  bureau 
supplies,  1129. 

Transportation  requests,  1098, 1103, 1105, 

Veterinary  supplies,  1038, 1039. 
Quartermasters : 

Accountability,  1050-1056, 1061-1064. 

Acting  as  commissary,  1305. 

Acting  as  regimental,  239. 

Appointment,  etc.,  of  regimental,  233. 

Assignment  to  company  or  staff  duty,  240. 

Band  instruments,  248, 1201. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  976,  978,  980,  984, 985. 

Bonds,  571-578. 

Brooms  for  warehouses,  1204. 

Candles  for  offices  and  storerooms,  1265. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  11G5, 1166, 1172, 1178. 

Detail  and  duties  of  post,  203. 

Duties  of  regimental,  238,239. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Estimates  for  funds,  975. 

Forage,  fuel,  and  straw,  1021, 1044. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Hospital  buildings,  1426. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1021. 

Means  of  transportation,  1077. 

Movements  of  troops,  1080-1084. 

Office  brooms,  1204. 

Orders  for  transportation,  1080, 1082. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1530. 


286 


INDEX. 


Quartermasters— Continued. 

Post.  203,   239,    362,  498,   499,   976,    978-980, 

984,  985,  1021,  1165,  1166,  1172,1204,1265, 

1426. 
Post  cemeteries,  498.  499. 
Private  buildings  and  lands,  979. 
Promotion.  22. 
Public  animals.  1036. 
Qualifications  and  pay  of  regimental,  233- 

235. 
Regimental.  233-235,  238-240,  248,  265,  1044, 

1201, 1305. 
Requisitions  for  transportation,  1079. 
Settlements  with  commanders,  265. 
Signal  parties'  supplies,  1547. 
Small-arms  i^ractice,  362. 
Street-car  and  ferry  tickets,  1108. 
Tenure  of  office  of  regimental,  234. 
Transportation    requests,    1085-1087,   1097, 

1098,  1102, 1107, 1110-1113, 1115. 
Quartermaster's  Department : 
Ambulances,  1076, 1415. 
Band  instruments,  248, 1201, 1202. 
Barracks  and  quarters,  201, 205,  206, 266-270, 

276,  387,  703,  705,  706,  972,  976-1022, 1218. 
Bonds  of  officers,  571-578. 
CiviUau    employees'    traveling    expenses, 

734. 
Clothing  and  eqripage,  129, 130, 138, 176, 454. 

456,  515, 708,  887,  972, 1163-1205, 1393,  1407, 

1441, 1442,  A.  W.  60. 
Company  books  and  records,  264. 
Deceased  officers,  85. 
Deceased  soldiers,  162. 
Discharged  soldiers,  transportation,  153. 
Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  17. 
Extra-duty  details,  164, 168, 1223. 
Fees  for  administering  oaths,  649. 
Field  music,  1202. 
Field-service  hospital  corps,  1421. 
Forage  and  straw,  36,  515,  972,  1021,  1041- 

1049, 1059-1064, 1280. 
Fuel  and  stoves,  36, 138, 183, 285,  304, 313, 515, 

998-1011, 1059-1064, 1484. 
Funds,  975. 
General  depots,  974. 
General  duties,  972-975. 
Hand  litters,  1417. 
Horses  of  mounted  officers,  184,  1044,  1065- 

1069. 
Illuminating   supplies,   183,  260,  285,  1012- 

1022. 
Job  printing.  510. 
Kitchen  and  table  Avare,  285. 
Laundry  charges,  recruits,  1192. 
Libraries  and  schools,  310, 317 
Mess  furniture,  285. 
Military  attaches,  36, 1 121. 
Musical  instruments,  248, 1201, 1202. 
Post  bakeries,  304. 
Post  cemeteries,  495. 
Post  records,  209. 
Property  denominated  supplies,  1221 


Quartermaster's  Department— Continued. 

Public  animals,  184,  285,  679,  688-691,  708,  879, 
972, 1028-1037,  1045,  1049,  1065-1069.  1071, 
1218. 1265. 

Purchasing  and  contracting  officers,  557, 569. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  239,  479,  633,  974, 
1050-1064, 1131. 1196, 1197, 1218, 1221,  1222, 
1224,1225, 1547,  A.  W.  60. 

Records,  1218-1220. 

Recovery  of  public  property,  688, 690, 691. 

Regimental  records,  243. 

Returns  and  reports,  1221-1225. 

Rewards,  etc.,  124,  128. 

School  furniture,  317. 

Shoeing  materials,  1068. 

Small-arms  practice,  362. 

Special  regulations,  pp.  iii,  135. 

Stationery,  36, 310, 1023-1027. 

Storehouses,  etc.,  commissary,  1247. 

Stores  denominated  supplies,  1221. 

Targets  and  material,  355. 

Telegraphing  and  telephoning,  471,  487,  pp. 
67, 68, 504, 752, 1006, 1206-1217, 1537. 1546. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  36,  72,  85,  110, 
111,  117, 120, 125, 153, 162, 175,206,  312,  472, 
515,  516,  729,  733,  962,  972,  973,  1069-1162, 
1223, 1239, 1283, 1321, 1323, 1399, 1449, 1467- 
1471, 1518, 1530, 1531. 

TJngarrisoned  posts,  211. 

Veterinary  supplies,  1038-1040. 
See  also — 

Quartermaster-  General. 
Quartermasters. 
Quartermaster-Sergeants,  Regimental : 

Appointment,  etc.,  241. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Quarters,  fuel  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Quartermaster's  Supplies: 

Care  and  accountability,  1050-1064. 

Definition,  1221. 

Deliveries  under  contract,  1058. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 

General  depots,  974. 

Militia,  1131. 

Quartermasters  of  regiments,  239. 

Record  books,  receipts,  and  shipments,  1218. 

Returns,  1221, 1222, 1224, 1225. 

Sales  to  officers,  1196. 

Sales  to  officers'  servants,  1197. 

Signal  parties,  1547 . 

Transfer  for  use  of  Indians,  479. 

Transfers  to  successors,  1061, 1064. 

Verification  of  quantities,  1061, 1064. 

Vouchers  for  payment,  633. 
Quarters : 

Absent  from,  without  authority,  A.W.  31. 

Allowance  and  assignment,  984-997, 1006. 

Commutation,  1336-1342. 

Cumulative  leave,  995. 

Contracts.  515. 

Engineer  officers,  1484. 


INDEX. 


287 


Quarters— Continued. 

failure  to  retire  at  retreat,  A.  W.  35. 

Hire.  988,  989. 

Hospital  steward.s,  1427, 1428. 

Office  rooms.  1007. 

Troviaious  for  soldiers,  A.  TV.  56. 

Rented,  988,  989, 1007. 

Eetired  enlisted  men.  138. 

Use  of  hospitals,  1430. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  183. 
Railroads : 

Bond-aided,  729,  1093,  1129,  1147,  1161,  1162, 
1208,1321. 

Construction  and  repair,  972. 

Hospital  trains,  1434. 

Land-grant,  487.  pp.  67,  68,  1091,  1093,  1129, 
1146,  1161, 1162. 

Lost  bills  of  lading,  1152, 1155, 1157. 

Tariff  lists,  1159, 1160. 
Bank: 

Commission  determines  right  to  command, 
A.  W.  122. 

Commissioned  officers,  10-12. 

Definition,  7. 

Grades,  9. 

How  held  and  conferred,  8. 

Members  of  courts-martial,  917. 

Kelative,  11, 12,  A.  W.  123, 124. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  42, 43. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  183. 

Volunteers  and  regulars,  A.  W.  123. 
Bapc: 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Bates  of  Exchange : 

Credit  allowed,  36, 593. 
Bations: 

Allowance,  1252. 

Articles  needed  for  consumption,  1261. 

Beef,  1235,  1242, 1250, 1253, 1256, 1269. 

Bread,  296. 

Care  and  use.  281. 282. 

Certificates,  1262. 

Civilian  employees,  detached,  1262. 

Civilians  in  hospitals,  1446. 

Commutation,  472, 1082, 1272-1279. 

Commutation  vegetables  not  issued,  1254. 

Composition,  1251, 1253, 1255. 

Deduction  on  returns,  1263. 

Definition,  1251. 

Destitute  persons,  1267. 

Enlisted  men  traveling  under  orders,  1262. 

Equivalent  parts,  1233. 

General  mess,  1264. 

Indians  visiting  posts,  1266. 

Issue  of  articles  kept  for  sale,  1234. 

Issue,  1258-1264. 

Insane  soldiers  and  escort,  472. 

Money  value  adjustment  of  charges,  1253. 

Purchase  with  company  fund,  300. 

Returns,  1258-1265, 12G8. 

Savings,  282,  296,  300, 1261, 1269-1271. 

Savings  of  messes,  282. 

Travel,  1235, 1253, 1256. 


Bations— Continued. 

Waste  or  misuse,  282. 

"When  and  where  drawn,  1258. 
Reading  Booms : 

Fuel  and  stoves,  313, 1006. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1014-1019, 1021, 1022. 

Quarters  to  be  provided,  310. 

Transportation  of  property,  312. 

Use  of,  bj^  officers,  310. 
Bear-Admirals : 

Rank  with  major-generals,  12. 
Bebellion : 
]       Suppression  by  the  Army,  487,  p.  67. 
I  Receipt  Bolls: 

i       Savings  of  rations,  1270,  1271. 
;  Beceipts : 

Bills  of  lading,  1148, 1149, 1 157. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1516. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1239, 1240. 

Transportation  requests,  1088, 1089. 
Beceipts  for  Money  and  Property : 

Amounts  not  paid  or  delivered,  A.  W.  60. 

Blank  prohibited,  637. 

Corporations,  642-644. 

Dates  left  blank  when  sent  by  mail,  638. 

Firms  and  individuals,  641. 

Funds  transferred,  639. 

Money  amounts,  635, 638, 648. 

Notation  of  checks,  640. 

Refundments,  stoppages,  transfer8,etc.,1391. 

Refusal  to  sign  for  property,  667. 

Signatures  and  headings,  646. 

Small  sums  for  occasional  services,  644. 

Transfers  of  property,  665. 

"Witness  to  signature  by  mark,  647. 
Reconnaissances : 

Engineer  officers'  duties,  1472, 1480. 

Escort  commanders'  duties,  19. 

Field  notes,  sketches,  etc.,  457-459, 1482. 
Record  of  Officers : 

Details  for  special  duty,  etc.,  34. 

Maps,  1482. 

MUitary,  1472. 
Records : 

Artillery  practice,  349, 1534. 

Battle  ground  cemeteries,  493. 

Care  and  preservation,  799. 

Civil  courts,  conviction  of  enlisted  men,  147. 

Colored  ink,  801. 

Company  fund  account,  301. 

Councils  of  administration,  289. 

Courts  martial,  890, 892, 894-896, 932, 945, 954- 
957,  A.  W.  86-95, 113, 114, 121. 

Departments,  800. 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1371. 

Destroying  or  carrying  away,  etc.,  802. 

Discontinued  commands,  800. 

Enlistment  of  discharged  soldiers,  837. 

Information  from,  how  furnished,  etc.,  803. 

Medical  examination  of  recruits,  818. 

Military,  799-803. 

National  cemeteries,  492. 

Post,  40,  209,  349,  800, 1534. 


288 


II^DEX. 


Records— Continued. 

Post  cemeteries,  496,  498, 1218. 

Quartermasters,  1218-1220. 

Re-enlistments,  837. 

Eegimental,  236. 

Kegimental  fund  book,  295. 

Eules  for  keeping,  750. 

Small-arms  practice,  361. 

Treatment  of  di.seases  and  results,  155. 
Recovery  of  Public  Property : 

Animals  lost  or  stolen, 690. 

Expenses,  bow  paid,  691 . 

Forcible  seizure,  689. 

Proceedings,  688. 
Recreation  and  Amusement : 

Erection  of  buildings  by  enlisted  men,  311. 
Recruiting  in  Departments : 

Details  for  and  rules  governing,  854, 855. 
Recruiting  Officers : 

Apprebension  of  deserters,  116, 122. 

Clotbing  and  equipage,  1170. 

Department,  854,  855. 

Enlistments,  etc.,  hospital  corps,  1399. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  826, 827, 
829-832,  836,  837,  841  842,  849, 851,  853. 

General  service,  819, 820. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1458. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1515. 

Regimental,  856. 

Transportation  of  horses,  1069. 
Recruiting  Returns : 

Hospital  corps,  1400. 

Preparation,  etc.,  833. 
Recruiting  Service : 

Bimonthly  reports  of  enlisted  strength,791. 

Civilian  employees,  725. 

Classifications  and  details,  818-820. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1170. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1273. 

Department,  854, 855. 

Enlistments,  etc.,  103,  481,  484,  485,  823-840, 
1365-1367, 1386, 1387, 1398-1400, 1404, 1539, 
A.  W.  3,  50,  note  page  224. 

General,  818-820,  854-856. 

Hospital  corps,  1398-1400. 

Indian  scouts,  484. 

Management,  etc.,  736,  748. 

Medical  attendance,  1458. 

Recruiting  officers,  1399. 

Recruits,  822,  824,  832,  841-853,  1518,  A.W.  2. 

Regimental,  856. 

Rendezvous  and  stations,  821, 822. 
Recruiting  Stations : 

Court-martial,  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Defined,  821. 

Deserters,  117. 

Laundry  work,  1192. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1458. 

Posts  announced  as  general,  854. 

Register  of  medical  examinations,  848. 

Supervision  or  control,  190. 
Recruit  Rendezvous : 

Defined,  821. 


Recruit  Rendezvous— Continued. 

Laundry  work,  1192. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1458. 

Organization,  etc.,  of  recruits, 822. 

Police  and  discipline,  822. 

Register  of  medical  examinations,  848. 
Recruits : 

Articles  of  War  to  be  read,  832,  A.W.  2. 

Assignment  to  regiments,  849-853. 

Bimonthly  reports  of  strength,  791. 

Certificate  of  disability,  844, 847. 

Character,  846. 

Clothing  bags,  haversacks,  etc.,  1518. 

Date  of  enlistment  of  accepted,  824. 

Descriptive  cards,  846,  850-853,1192, 1289. 

Deserters,  117. 

Discharges  for  disability,  822, 1387. 

Laundry  charges,  1192. 

Medical  examinations,  842-848. 

Oath  to  be  taken,  A.  W.  2. 

Oflicer  conducting,  to  regiments,  850,  852. 

Payments  to  discharged,  1387. 

Physical  examination,  841,  842,  847. 

Probation,  824, 848. 

Sales  of  subsistence  supplies,  1285. 1289. 

Vaccination,  843,  846. 
Redress : 

Abuses  and  disorders,  A.  W.  54. 

Appeals  of  oflScers  and  men,  A.  "W.29, 30. 
Reduction  to  the  Ranks  : 

Hospital  stewards,  931, 1402. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  company,  261. 

Post  noncommissioned  stafl",  104,  931. 

Regimental  nonc(«mmissioned  officers,  241. 

Regimental  noncommissioned  staff,  241. 

Signal  corps  sergeants,  1539. 
Re  enlistment  Pay : 

Notations  on  muster  and  pay  rolls,  1367. 

Rates  and  payment,  1365. 

Retained,  subject  to  forfeiture,  1365. 
Re-enlistments : 

Acting  hospital  stewards,  1404. 

Deposits  may  be  renewed,  1375. 

Disability  contracted  in  line  of  duty,  839. 

Disabled  soldiers,  839. 

Eurloughs  to  enlisted  men,  107. 

Hospital  corps,  1399, 1400. 

Hospital  stewards,  1398. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  company,  259. 

Notations  on  discharge  certificate,  148, 837. 

Other  organization,  840. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  103. 

Recruiting  officers,  837. 
Regimental  Bands: 

Bimonthly  reports  of  strength,  791. 

Composition  and  selection  of  musicians,  2'15. 

Discipline  and  efficiency,  238. 

Equipments,  242,248. 

Eund,  243,  248,  292,  293,  295,  300. 

Instructions,  muster,  etc.,  of  musicians,  246. 

Musical  instruments,  etc.,  248, 1201. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784. 

National  and  patriotic  airs  to  be  played,  250. 


INDEX. 


289 


Begimciital  Bands— Contiuucil. 

Procedure  vvlieii  musicians  are  needed,  249. 

Saluting,  389,  390. 

Station,  247. 

The  Star  Spangled  Banner,  450. 
Beginieutal  Books  and  Records : 

Duties  of  adjutant,  236. 

Enumerated  and  instructions,  243, 244. 

Fund  book,  295. 
Beginieutal  Colors  and  Standards : 

Artillery,  216. 

Cavalry,  218. 

Colors  and  standards,  219, 220. 

Engineer  battalion,  215. 

Infantry.  217. 

Mourning,  446. 

Salutes,  391.     * 

Saluting,  389,  390. 

Regimental  Commanders: 

Absentees  at  muster,  A.  TV.  12, 13. 

Appeals  of  enlisted  men,  A.  W.  30. 

Artillerj'  instruction,  463. 

Bands  and  field  musicians,  245,  249. 

Bimonthly  reports  of  enlisted  strength,  791. 

Captains  light  batteries,  345. 

Certificates  of  merits,  178. 

Company  fund,  301. 

Courts-martial,  956,  A.  W.  81. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  156. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  oltice,  1006. 
Furloughs,  106, 109,  A.  W.  11. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  229-231. 

Lance  corporals,  257. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344. 

Morning  repoits.  388. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784, 787. 

Noncom.  officers,  92,  93,  241,  257,  259-261. 

Post  noncommissioned  statf,  92,  93. 

Practical  and  theoretical  instruction,  230. 

Recruits  and  recruiting  service,  852, 853,  856. 

Eegimental  fund,  295. 

Regimental  staff  officers,  '.:33,  235,  236,  238, 

240. 
Reports,  issues,  and  roll  calls,  386. 
Reports  of  instruction,  231. 
Returns  of  troops,  790. 
Senior  officer  on  duty,  226, 
Stationery,  1023. 
Students,  service  schools,  465. 
Torpedo-service  instruction,  346. 
Transfer  or  exchange,  enlisted  men,  113. 
Veterinary  surgeons,  182, 185. 
Begimental  Courts-Martial : 
Appeals  of  enlisted  men,  A.  W.  30. 
Appointment,  etc.,  A.  W.  81. 
Juiisdiction,  A.  W.  80-83,102,103. 
Orders  appointing,  937. 
Proceedings,  956. 

Trial  of  noncommissioned  officers,  931. 
Begimeutal  Field  Officers : 
Assignments  to  posts  and  stations,  232. 
Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784. 

12851  A  R 19 


Regimental  Xouconimissioned  Officers: 

Appointments,  etc.,  211. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Discharge  and  re-enlistment,  241. 

Equipments,  242. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  439. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  241. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 

Warrants,  241. 
Regimental  Noncommissioned  Staff: 

Appointments,  etc.,  241. 

baggage.  1119. 

Bimonthly  reports  of  strength,  791. 

Brooms  and  scrubbing  brushes,  1203. 

Discharge  and  re-enlistment,  241. 

Discipline  and  efficiency,  238. 

Equipments,  242. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  439. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  241. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 

"Warrants,  241. 
Regimental  Officers : 

Assignments,  field  officers,  232. 
Inspection  reports  concerning,  810. 

Service  reports,  806. 
Regimental  Quartermaster-Sergeants : 

Appointment,  etc.,  241. 
Baggage,  1119. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 
Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Regimental  Recruiting : 

Details  for  and  rules  governing,  856. 
Regiments : 
Appropriate  command  of  a  colonel,  14. 
Assignments,  field  officers,  232. 
Bands,  238,  242,  243, 245-250,  292, 295, 300, 389, 

390,450,784,791,1201. 
Candles  for  headquarters,  1265. 
Desks,  1122. 

Fund,  243,  248,  292,  293.  295,  300, 
Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 
Organization  and  instruction,  226-232. 
Precedence  of,  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  6. 
Public  property,  242. 
Records,  236,  243, 244, 295. 
Returns,  57,  63, 246, 790-792,  794-796. 
Staff,  233-242,  784. 
Transfer,  etc.,  enlisted  men,  113. 
Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  43. 
Registry  of  Officers : 
Officers  visiting  Washington,  804. 
Visiting  headquarters,  420. 
Regulars : 

Precedence  of,  6. 
Rejoining  Station : 
Furloughed  soldiers,  110. 
Travel  allowances,  1327-1332. 
Relative  Rank: 
Army  and  Navy  officers,  12. 


290 


INDEX. 


Belatire  Bank— Continued. 

Officers,  same  grade,  etc.,  11,  A.  W.  122-124. 

Volunteers  and  regulars,  A.  W.  123. 
Release : 

Enlisted  men,  without  charges,  908. 

Insane  soldiers  from  hospital,  473. 

Officers  without  charges,  899,   A.W.71. 

Prisoners  without  authority,  A.  W.  69. 
Relief  to  the  Enemy  : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  45. 
Remittances  of  Funds : 

Fiscal  year  to  be  designated,  618. 
Repairs : 

Ambulances,  1415. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  205, 206,  978, 980. 

Hand  litters,  1417. 

Hospitals,  1426-1429. 

Ordnance  stores,  1517-1521. 

Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1427, 1428. 
Reporters,  Courts-Martial : 

Detail  of  assistant,  958. 

Employment,  compensation,  etc.,  958, 959. 

Traveling  expenses,  734. 
Reports : 

Apprehended  deserters,  117. 

Artillery  inspector,  350. 

Artillery  school,  462. 

Bills  of  lading,  1223. 

Bimonthly,  of  enlisted  strength,  791. 

Burials,  post  cemeteries,  499. 

Channels,  764. 

Chaplain's,  40. 

Company,  252. 

Death  of  officers.  81. 

Departmental  affairs,  192. 

Department  comdrs.  absent,  195. 

Deserters,  118, 119, 122. 

Desertions,  116. 

Efficiency,  807-812. 

Engineering  operations  in  the  field,  1481. 

Enlisted  men  confined,  p.  225,  A.  W.  68. 

Enlisted  strength,  bimonthly,  791. 

Examination  of  recruits,  848. 

Extra  and  special  duty,  1223. 

Firing  artillery,  356. 

Fortification,  materials  for  repairs,  333. 

Hunting,  58. 

Indian  scouts,  names  of,  inserted,  485. 

Inspections,  department  commanders,  193. 

Morning,  of  companies,  388. 

Movements  of  troops,  emergencies,  192, 489. 

Officers  visiting  foreign  countries,  56. 

Oral  agreements,  supplies  and  services,  569. 

Outstanding  liabilities,  602, 1223. 

Personal,  54,  57,  62-64,  99,  102, 137,  804-806, 
812,859,1401,1541. 

Persons  and  articles  employed,  etc.,  1223. 

Post  commanders,  inspection,  200. 

Post  exchanges,  326. 

Post  schools,  320. 

Post  cemeteries,  499. 

Practical  and  theoretical  instruction,  231. 

Q.M.  Department,  preparation,  etc.,  1223. 


Reports— Continued. 

Eoll  call,  385. 

Service,  806. 

Signaling  instruction,  1541, 1544. 

Small-arms  practice,  358. 

Special,  115, 116. 

Superintendents,  national  cemeteries,  492. 

Transportation  requests,  1223. 

Treatment  of  disease,  and  results,  155. 
Reproachful  Speeches  or  Gestures : 

Punishment  for  using,  A.  W.  25. 
Requests : 

Transportation,  125, 1085-1117, 1223. 
Requisitions : 

Blanks,  blank  books,  etc.,  1293, 1535, 1552. 

Canteen  covers,  corks,  etc.,  1517. 

Examination,  revision,  etc.,  744,  745. 

Forage  and  straw,  1021. 

Fortifications,  materials  for  repairs,  333. 

Fuel,  1021. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1015, 1016, 1021. 

Mineral  oil,  1019. 

Notebooks,  461. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1497-1500. 

Preparation,  etc.,  743. 

Property  used  for  police,  454. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1053. 

Reconnaissance  blanks,  461. 

Signal  parties'  supplies,  1547. 

Signal  supplies,  1546. 

Subsistence  supplies  and  funds,  1229. 

Surveying  instruments,  461. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1079, 1239. 

Veterinary  supplies,  1039. 

Working  parties,  fieldworks,  1479. 
Reservations: 

Indian.     See  Indian  Beservations. 

Military.    See  Posts  and  Reservationt. 

Title  papers,  890. 
Resignation  of  Officers: 

Acceptance,  etc.,  of  civil  office,  80. 

Checks  outstanding,  600. 

Correspondence,  77,  78. 

Leaves  of  absence  on  tender,  79. 

Payments,  1308. 

Quitting  service  before  acceptance,  A.W.  49. 

Records,  748. 

Tender  and  acceptance,  77. 

Under  charges,  78. 
Retained  Pay: 

Continuous  service,  1366. 

Forfeitures,  1369, 1379. 

Interest,  1376, 1379. 

Re-enlistment,  1365. 

Treated  as  a  deposit,  1379. 
Retainers  to  the  Camp: 

Subject  to  Articles  of  War,  A.  W.  63. 
Retired  Enlisted  Men,  U.  S.  Army: 

Allowances,  138. 

Applications,  135, 136 

Baggage,  etc.,  1120. 

Funeral  honors,  434. 

Hospital  charges,  1447. 


INDEX. 


291 


Retired  Enlisted  Men,  U.  S.  Army— Cont'd. 

Medical  attendance  and  medicines,  1451. 

Payments,  138, 139,  1363. 

Personal  reports,  137. 

Qualifications  for  retirement,  135. 

Kates  of  pay,  138. 
Retired  Officers: 

Baggage,  etc.,  1120. 

Causes  for  retirement,  73-75. 

College  details,  88. 

Fuel,  998. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  429, 437. 

Medical  attendance  and  medicines.  1451. 

Payments  to,  on  retirement,  1309. 

Personal  reports,  805. 

Professional  books,  etc.,  1122. 

Salutes  and  honors,  414. 

Stationery,  1025. 

Transportation  of  horses,  1069. 

Uniform,  76. 
Betiring  Boards: 

Subjects  for  consideration  and  report,  74. 
Retreat: 

Ceremonies,  450. 

Gun,  208. 

Retiring  to  tent  or  quarters,  A.  W.  35. 

KoU  call,  parade  rest,  383. 

Sounded  at  sunset,  386. 
Return  Journeys: 

Orders,  1323. 

Transportation  requests,  1097. 

"Witnesses  before  military  courts,  964. 
Return  of  Captured  Property : 

Preparation,  rendition,  etc.,  798. 
Returns  of  Casualties: 

Preparation,  disposition,  etc.,  797. 

Wounded  in  action,  1466. 
Returns  Office,  Interior  Department: 

Contracts,  540,  554.  556. 
Returns  of  Public  Property: 

Administrative  examination,  701,702. 

Articles  in  charge  of  guards,  456. 

Charges  of  loss,  etc.,  698. 

Company  property,  693. 

Contingency  purchases,  197. 

Deceased  officers,  84. 

Destroyed  or  lost  in  service,  697. 

Expenditures  under  orders,  695,  696. 

Failure  to  render,  699. 

False,  A.  TV.  8. 

Made  for  all  public  property,  692. 

Orders  directing  issues,  etc.,  695. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1502,  1503, 
1506,1510,1526,1533. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  694. 

Preparation  and  rendition,  700. 

Quartermaster's    supplies,  1050-1064,  1198, 
1221, 1222,  1224, 1225. 

Signal  corps  sergeants,  694. 

Subsistence  supplies,  700, 1294. 

Tent  pins,  helves,  etc.,  1198. 
Returns  of  Troops: 

Casualties,  797,  1466. 


Returns  of  Troops— Continued. 

Consolidation,  preservation,  etc.,  749. 

Contract  surgeons,  1464. 

Failure  to  make,  A.  W.  7. 

False,  A.  TV.  8. 

Hospital  corps,  1408. 

Indian  scout-s,  names  of  inserted,  485. 

Medical  officers,  1464. 

dotations  of  officers'  absence,  57, 

Preparation,  disposition,  etc.,  743,  798-796. 

Recruits  at  rendezvous,  822. 

Rendition,  A.  W.  7. 

Strength,  789-796,822. 
Return  to  Duty : 

Patients  in  hospital,  1439. 
Reyeille : 

Ceremonies,  450. 

Gun,  208. 

Hours  for  sounding,  383,  386. 
ReTiemng  Authority : 

Date  of  action,  945. 

Decisions  and  orders,  courts -martial,  955. 

Reconvening  courts,  957. 
ReTlews : 

How  coriducted,  448. 

Musters,  452. 

Precedence  of  regiments  and  corps,  6. 

Tendered  to  visitors  to  posts,  418. 
Rewards,  etc. : 

Deserters,  124, 126, 127, 132. 

Escaped  general  prisoners,  128. 

Recovery  of  lost  or  stolen  animals,  690. 
Rice : 

Ration,  1253. 

"Wastage,  1243. 
Blots : 

Disturbing  court-martial,  A.  "W.  86. 
Rivers  and  Harbors : 

Changes  of  station  of  officers,  737. 

Improvements,  1472. 
Roads : 

Construction  and  repair,  972. 
Roasted  Coffee : 

Ration,  1253, 1256. 
Robbery : 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  "W.  58. 
Roll  Calls  and  Signals: 

Mess,  384. 

Reports  of  results,  383, 385. 

Reveille  and  retreat,  383,  386. 

Special,  383. 

Tattoo  and  taps,  383. 
Roster  of  Duties : 

Cavalry,  375,  376. 

Classification,  366. 

Company,  264. 

Definition  of  a  roster,  364. 

Detachments.  378. 

Details  and  duties,  364-377. 

Duties,  etc.,  adjutant,  236. 

Exchange  council,  288. 

Light  batteries,  377. 

Tours,  370-372. 


292 


INDEX. 


Sabbath: 

Duty  and  labor,  202. 

Orderly  observance  enjoined,  202. 
Sabers : 

Barracks,  regulation,  268. 
Saddlers : 

Appointment,  etc.,  260. 

Extra-duty  details  and  pay,  168. 
Saddler  Sergeants: 

Appointments,  etc.,  241. 

Hank  and  precedence,  9. 
'     Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Saddler  Shops : 

Stoves,  1006. 
Saddles : 

Condemned,  888. 
Safeguards: 

Punishment  for  forcing,  A.  W.  57. 
Sales  of  Public  Property : 

Abstract  of  sales  sub.  supplies,  1291. 
t     Advertisements,  505. 

Arms  and  ammunition  Indian  country,  478. 

Aiictioneer's  account  of  sale,  679. 

Bakeries  and  exchange,  1282. 

Barrels,  boxes,  hides,  tallow,  etc.,  1237. 

Bread  to  civilian  employees  and  others,  296. 

Cartridges  to  enlisted  men,  363. 

Cash,  1280-1284. 

Civilian  employees,  1284, 1509. 

Companies  and  detachments,  1282. 

Condemned  ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1524-1526. 

Condemned  or  reduced  in  price,  680. 

Condemned  public  animals,  10J7. 

Contract  surgeons,  1280. 

Credit,  1281, 1285, 1288-1290. 

Enlisted  men,  864, 1226, 1282, 1283, 1285, 1289. 

Exceptional  articles,  1283. 

Exploring  or  surveying  expeditions,  1509. 

Eorage  by  officers,  1047. 

Hospitals,  1282. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1020. 

Indians  or  Indian  agents,  1507. 

Medical  and  hospital  supplies,  1444. 

Officers  and  families,  864,  1020,  1065,  1196, 
1226, 1280, 1281,  1283, 1285, 1288, 1501,  1502. 

Officers'  servants,  1197. 

Price  list  subsistence  supplies,  1292. 

Eegulated  by  post  commanders,  1287. 

Eules,  1232. 

Savings  of  rations,  282, 1269. 

Selling  or  bartering,  1287. 

Settlers  on  exposed  frontiers,  1506. 

Sold  as  purchased,  1286. 

Surplus  and  in  urgent  cases,  1236, 

Surplus  garden  products,  316. 

Transfers,  not  regarded,  616. 

Unauthorized,  1238. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  1280. 
Salt: 

Public  animals,  1265. 

nation,  1253. 

Used  in  rebrining,  1244. 

Wastage,  1243. 


Salt  Beef: 

Ration,  1253, 
Salt  Fish: 

Wastage,  1243. 
Salt  Meat: 

Wastage,  1243. 
Salutes: 

Brevet  rank  assignments,  412. 

Cannon,  406-411, 416,  417. 

Commanding  officers,  393. 

Compliments  to  visitors,  418. 

Dipping  of  flag  of  military  post,  419. 

Enlisted  men,  to  officers,  396-404, 

Field  music,  389-391 . 

Fired  between  sunrise  and  sunset,  405. 

Foreign  ships  of  war,  417. 

Funeral  honors,  427-430. 

Funerals,  military,  430-432. 

National,  400. 

National  flag,  416. 

National  flag  displayed,  405. 

National  or  regimental  colors,  etc.,  391. 

Official  duty  and  official  occasions,  394, 395» 

Personal.  389-391,  407-415,  418. 

Rules  governing  personal,  413-415. 

Standards  and  colors,  389,  390. 

Troops  on  the  march  or  in  trenches,  392. 

Troops  saluting,  392,  393. 

Union,  406. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  423-425. 
Saturday  Inspectiou : 

Company  commanders,  266.  , 

Guard  and  sick  in  hospital  excused,  266. 

Police  of  barracks,  270, 
Savings  of  Rations : 

Company  and  general  messes,  282. 

Flour,  296,  307. 

General  provisions,  1269-1271. 

Sick  in  hospital,  300. 

Unconsumed  travel  ration,  1256. 
Schedules  of  Clothing : 

Preparation,  etc.,  1178, 1179. 

Witnesses  to  signatures,  1178, 1179. 
Schools : 

Civil,  870. 

Millitary  Academy,  9, 24,  49, 190, 191 .  725, 869, 
1130, 1347, 

Post,290,  310,  312,  313,  317-324, 1006, 1014-1019, 
1021, 1022, 1204. 

Service,  190, 191,  462-468,  512, 725, 869. 
Scrubbing  Brushes : 

Allowance,  1203, 1204. 

Messes,  285. 
Seamen : 

Admission  to  hospital  and  charges,  1447, 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  731. 
Second  Lieutenants : 

Baggage,  1119, 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escorts,  433,  437, 440. 

Joining  station  after  appointment,  1334, 

Light  or  mounted  batteries,  1067. 


INDEX. 


293 


Second  Lieutenants— Continued. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  with  ensigns,  Xavy,  12. 

Roster  duty,  368. 

Stationery,  1023. 

Yacancies  in  grade,  how  filled,  24-31. 
Seconds  of  Duels: 

Deemed  principal,  A.  W,  27. 
Secretaries : 

Service  schools,  462, 464, 467, 468. 
Secretary  of  Agriculture : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  408,  418. 
Secretary  of  State : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  408, 418. 
Secretary  of  the  Interior : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408, 418. 
Secretary  of  the  Nary : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408, 418, 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury : 

Certificates  of  deposit,  609,  613. 

Duplicate  checks,  599. 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Outstanding  and  unpaid  checks,  602-604. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408,  418. 
Secretary  of  War : 

Absence  of  department  commanders,  195. 

Aids,  .33. 

Allotment  of  funds,  197. 

Appointments  and  promotion  of  officers,  20. 

Articles  for  sale,  864. 

Artillery  inspectors,  350. 

Assistant  surgeons,  1394. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  206,  706. 

Blank  forms,  1552. 

Boards  of  staff  officers,  739. 

Boards  of  survey,  proceedings,  718. 

Candidates  for  promotion,  28, 29. 

Captains  light  batteries,  345. 

Certificates  of  deposit,  613. 

Certificates  of  eligibility,  enlisted  men,  29. 

Certificates  of  service,  143. 

Chaplains,  38. 

Civil  counsel,  968. 

Civilian  employees,  724-726, 735. 

Civilians  on  reservations,  210. 

College  details,  88, 90. 

Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  223, 446. 

Communications  to,  762,  765,  767. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1338. 

Confinement  of  enlisted  men.  910. 

Contingent  expenses,  197. 

Contracts,  supplies  aiul  services,  555,  558. 

Courts-martial,  892,896. 

Decisions,  pecuniary  responsibility,  289,  292. 

Delays,  67. 

Detail  of  staff  officers,  196. 

Disbursements  and  accounts,  871. 

Disbursing  officers,  L84. 


Secretary  of  War— Continued. 
Discharge  of  enlisted  men,    140,   145,   14^ 

A.  W.  4. 
Discharge  of  recruits,  822. 
Draft  and  pack  animals,  1071. 
Efficiency  reports,  812. 
Engineering  works,  868. 
Engineer  officers  and  troops,  1475. 
Establishment  of  posts,  etc.,  198. 
Examination  boards,  promotion,  25. 
Expenditures,  public  buildings,  206,  706. 
Extra  and  special  dutjs  166, 1C7, 172. 
Extra-duty  pay,  164. 
Fiscal  affairs  of  the  Army,  187. 
Foreign  productions  or  manufactures,  517. 
Fortifications,  1485, 1486. 
Funeral  honors  and  escort,  428, 432,  437. 
Furloughs,  107-109. 
Furniture  and  mess  outfits,  983. 
Gratuitous  issues  of  clothing,  1442 
Hire  of  quarters,  988,  989. 
Hospital  corps,  1399, 1411. 
Hospitals,  1425, 1426, 1428, 1433. 
Imprisonment  of  enlisted  men,  941. 
Indian  country,  474,  475. 
Indians,  issue  to,  of  rations,  1266. 
Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  transportation,  175. 
Insane  soldiers,  469, 470. 
Inspections  by  chief  surgeons,  1465. 
Inspectors-general,  858. 
Leaves  of  absence,  46, 55, 64. 
Loss  of  special  funds,  292. 
Military  Academy,  869. 
Military  commissions,  892. 
Military  telegraph  lines,  1542. 
Money  accounts,  055. 
Mounted  service,  1302. 
Musters  for  pay,  451. 
National  Homes  Vol.  Soldiers,  865, 866. 
Officers  and  enlisted  men,  staff,  738. 
Oral  agreements,  supplies  and  services,  569. 
Orders  of,  affecting  the  Army,  188. 
Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  888,  1501.  1507,  1525. 
Ordnance  depots,  1495. 
Ordnance  officers,  1490. 
Pardon  or  mitigation  of  punishment,  916. 
Payments  to  furloughed  men,  112. 
Plans  or  estimates,  1428. 
Post  exchanges,  325, 326. 
Post  libraries,  310. 
Post  noncom.  staff,  91, 94, 98, 103. 
Post  schools,  310. 

Printing,  501, 503, 504, 507, 508,  510,  511, 513. 
Property  lost,  etc.,  by  officers,  682. 
Public  animals,  1028. 
Quartermaster's  supjjlies,  1050, 1056. 
Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1428. 
Recruits  at  rendezvous,  822. 
Regimental  staff  officers,  233. 
Rented  quarters,  1007. 
Reporters,  courts-martial,  959. 
Retirement  of  officers,  73. 
Returns  of  public  property,  70] ,  702. 


294 


INDEX. 


Secretary  of  War— Continued. 
.  Sales  of  liorses  to  mounted  offieers,  1065. 
,   Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408,  418. 
I   Schools  of  instruction,  190,  191. 
j    Serrice  schools,  869. 

Settlement  of  oflBcer.s'  accounts,  71. 

Signal  Corps,  1537. 

Signal  Corps  officers,  1538. 

Slush  fund,  294. 

Small-arms  practice,  357. 

Soldiers'  Home,  transportation  inmates,  175. 

Special  and  detached  service,  officers,  35.  . 

Staff,  department  commander,  196. 

Staff  officer's  travel.  69. 

Stoppages  of  officers'  pay,  1343-1345. 

Subsistence  of  the  Arm.v,1226. 

Supplies  for  Icdians,  479. 

Supplj-,  payment,  etc.,  of  Annj-,  736. 

Sureties,  572,  574-577. 

Survej'ing  or  exploring  expeditions,  672. 

Transfer,  etc.,  of  enlisted  men,  113. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  43. 

Transfers  of  supplies,  671. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1070, 1074. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  182. 

"Witnesses,  civil  courts,  72. 
Sedition : 

Beginning,  exciting,  causing,  etc.,  A.  "W.  22. 

Compelling  surrender  of  troops,  A.  W.  43. 

Disobedience  of  orders,  A.  W.  21,  24. 

Failure  to  give  information,  A.  W.  23. 

Quelling  frays  and  disorders,  A.  "W.  24. 

Striking  superior  officer,  A.  W.  21,  24. 

Suppres.sion,  A.W.  23. 
Sentences,  Courts-Martial: 

Absence  without  leave,  126, 127. 

Acting  hospital  .stewards,  1402. 

Branding,  etc.,  A.W.  38,  98. 

Candidates  for  promotion,  29. 

Certificates  of  eligibility,  enlisted  men,  29. 

Commencement  and  expiration,  944,  945. 

Conduct  unbecoming  an  officer.  A.  W.  61. 

Confirmation,  955. 

Cowardice  or  fraud,  A.  "W.  100. 

Death  penalty,  A.W.  96. 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1378. 

Disapproval,  127,  932,  933. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140,  A.W.  4. 

Discharge  or  dismissal  of  officers,  A.  W.  99. 

Dishonorable  discharge,  949,  950. 

Execution,  A.W.  104-110. 

Flogging,  A.W.  98. 

Forfeiture  of  pay,  945,  951,  952. 

Imjirisonment  in  penitentiaries,  A.  W.  97. 

Increase  of  sentence  of  confinement.  942. 

Legal  limit,  943. 

Limitation  of  punishment,  938. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  241,  261. 

Operative  when  confirmed,  947. 

Order  of  serving,  948. 

Order  publishing,  945. 

Pardon  or  mitigation,  A.W.  112. 

Payments  to  officers  dismissed,  1310. 


Sentences,  Courts-Martial— Continued. 

Places  of  confinement,  940,  941 . 

Summary  courts,  932,  933. 

Suspended,  A.W.  111. 

Suspension  from  command.  A.W.  101. 

Tours  of  guard  duty,  939. 
Sentinels : 

Sleeping  on  post,  A.W.  39, 
Separate  Command: 

Alterations  in  strength,  795. 

Definition,  790. 
Sergeant-M^or,  Regimental: 

Appointment,  etc. ,  241. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Sergeants : 

Appointments,  257,  260. 

Desertion  vacates  position,  261. 

Fuel,  1006. 

Funeral  lionors  and  escorts,  439. 

Indian  scouts,  482. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  261. 

Reproving,  256. 

Roster  duties,  368. 

Selection  and  instruction,  256. 

Temporary  appointments,  260. 

Warrants,  259. 

"Whistles,  1202. 
Serrants : 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1456. 

Officers',  1197. 
Service  Calls  and  Signals. 

Mess,  384. 

Reports  of  results,  385. 

Reveille  and  retreat,  383,  386. 

Special,  383. 

Tattoo  and  taps,  383. 
Service  Colors  and  Standards: 

See  JRegimental  Colors  and  Standardt. 
Services : 

Acceptance  of  voluntary,  515. 

Employment  of  unauthorized,  515. 

Payment  for,  by  contractor,  565. 

Personal,   as    distinguished    from    other, 
518. 
Sessions  : 

Courts-martial,  918,  935. 

Post  .schools,  318,  322. 
Sharpshooters : 

Names  of  qualified,  357. 
Sheriflfs  : 

Apprehension  of  deserters,  122, 124. 
Shoeing  and  Materials  : 

Supply  and  issue,  1068. 
Shovels : 

Police  purposes,  454. 
Sick  and  Wounded : 

Care  of  on  the  march  or  battlefield,  1423. 

Sleeping  cars.  1109. 

Transportation,  1076. 


INDEX. 


295 


Sick  Call : 

Surgeons,  1431. 
Sick  ill  Hospital: 

Admission,  etc.,  1431. 

Arms  and  accouterments,  1438. 

Contagious  diseases,  1442. 

Descriptive  lists,  1439. 

Died,  1439. 

Discharged  soldiers,  1440. 

Discharged  for  disability,  1439. 

Excused  from  Saturday  inspection,  266. 

Information  to  company  commander,  1432. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  785. 

Returned  to  dutj",  1439. 

Savings  of  rations,  300, 1269. 
Sick  Leaves  of  Absence : 

Applications,  etc.,  60,  62, 64. 

Beyond  limits  of  command,  60, 61. 

Change  to,  of  ordinary  leave,  64. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1337. 

Expiration,  62. 

Fuel  of  officers,  998. 

Granted  by  whom,  61. 

Payments  to  officers,  1315. 

Period  and  extensions,  61, 62. 

Quarters  of  officers,  997. 

Rejoining  from,  63. 

Reports,  etc.,  by  officers,  62-64, 
Sick,  Officers  ami  Men : 

Information  concerning,  from  records,  803. 
Sick  Report  Book : 

Company,  264. 
Signal  Bureau : 

Management  and  direction,  1537. 
Signal  Codes : 

Army  and  Navy,  1545. 
Signal  Corps : 

Changes  of  station,  enlisted  men,  737. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  17. 

Extra-duty  details,  enlisted  men,  167. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784. 

Officers,  17,  22,  196,  202, 1538, 1540, 1541, 1542, 
1546. 
See  also  Chief  Signal  Officer. 
Signal  Corps  Officers : 

Appointments,  1538. 

Departments,  196. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Military  telegraph  lines,  1542. 

Posts,  203. 

Promotion,  22. 

Senior  with  army  in  the  field,  1541. 

Signal  Corps  sergeants,  1540. 

Signal  supplies,  1546. 
Signal  Corps  Sergeants : 

Accountability,  etc.,  for  property,  694. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Classification,  1539. 

Descriptive  lists,  1540. 

Enlistment  and  muster.  1539, 1540. 

Number  at  signal  station,  1539. 

Payments,  1363. 


Signal  Corps  Sergeants — Continued. 

Promotion  and  reduction,  1.539. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank  and  precedence  of  first-class,  9. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Signal  Corps  Supplies: 

Accountability,  etc.,  1546. 

Condemnation,  15^6. 

Purchase,  preservation,  and  care,  1537. 

Transportation,  973. 
Signaling  Instruction: 

Army  and  Navy  code,  1545. 

Supervision  by  Chief  Signal  Officer,  1537. 
Signal  Parties : 

Reports,  duties,  strength,  etc.,  1541. 

Supplies,  q.  m.  and  subsistence,  1547. 
Signal  Stations: 

Establishment  in  the  field,  1541. 

Sergeants,  Signal  Corps,  1539. 
Signatures : 

Bidders,  530. 

Disbursing  officers,  591. 

Discharged  enlisted  men,  150. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  1364. 

Official  communications,  756. 

Proposals,  530. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  136. 
Sleeping  Cars: 

Accommodations    in,    to   whom    allowed, 
1109. 

Applicants,  artiflcial  limbs,  etc.,  1468. 

Charter,  1114. 

Civilian  employees,  730,  733. 

Fare  excluded  from  travel  allowances,  1321. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C,  175. 

Payment  of  accounts,  1116. 

Reimbursements  to  officers,  1117. 

Requests,  1110-1113, 1115. 

Unused  requests,  1115. 

"Witnesses  before  military  courts,  962. 
Sleeping  on  Post : 

Punishment,  A.  "W.  39. 
Slush  Fund: 

Prohibited,  294. 
Small-Arms  Practice : 

Ammunition,  359-361. 

Books  and  blanks,  358. 

Company  cooks,  302. 

Efficiency  and  instruction  reports,  358. 

Flour  for  paste,  362, 1265. 

General  mess  attendants,  302. 

Inspectors,  196. 

Mode  of  conducting,  357. 

Periods,  357. 

Ranges,  shelters,  targets,  flags,  etc.362. 

Record  of  ammunition  expended,  361. 

Results,  357. 

Sharpshooters,  357. 
Smiths'  Tools  and  Materials : 

Cavalry  and  light  artillerj^  service,  1068. 
Soap: 

Ration,  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 


296 


INDEX. 


Society  Badges : 

Worn  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  1551. 
Soft  Bread: 

Eation,  1253, 1256. 
Soldier: 

Definition,  p.  217,  sec.  1342,  R.  S. 
Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C: 

Annual  inspection,  866. 

Applications,  etc.,  for  admission,  173-176. 

Tax  for  support,  138, 1368. 
Sovereigns,  Foreign  Countries: 

Salutes  and  honors,  410,  418. 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Bepresentatires : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408, 418. 
Special  Duty: 

Captains  eligible  for  detail,  251. 

Details  of  officers,  34,  35. 

Enlisted  men.    See  Extra  and  Special  Duty. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men,  staff,  737. 

Orders  directing  travel,  66. 

Personal  reports,  805. 

Supervision  or  control  of  officers,  190. 
Special  Inspectors : 

Detail  duties,  etc.,  871, 878. 
Special  Orders : 

See  Orders. 
Special  Becruiting  Service : 

Defined,  818. 
Special  Regulations : 

Army  Medical  School,  468. 

Artillery  School,  462. 

Cavalry  and  Light  Artillery  School,  467. 
.  Confinement  of  enlisted  men,  910. 

Infantry  and  Cavalry  Scliool.  464. 

Medical  Department,  pp.  iii,  198. 

Ordnance  Department,  pp.  iii,  209, 

Pay  Department,  pp.  iii,  184. 

Post  exchanges,  p.  iii,  par.  325. 

Quartermaster's  Department,  pp.  iii,  135. 

Subsistence  Department,  pp.  iii,  172. 

Uniform,  1548. 
Special  Service : 

Engineer  officers  and  troops,  1475. 
Specifications : 

Barracks  and  quarters,  978. 

Bidders  furnished  with,  526. 

Hospitals,  1425, 1426, 1428. 

Public  animals,  1029-1031. 

Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1426, 1428. 

Reference  in  proposals,  531. 

Supplies  and  services,  521, 524, 526. 
Spies : 

Punishment,  p.  231,  sec.  1343,  R.  S. 
Spring  Wagons : 

Allowance  to  posts,  1074. 

Definition,  1074. 

Purposes  for  which  used,  1075. 
Squadron : 

Command  of  a  major  or  lieut.  col.,  14. 
Squads: 

Chiefs  of,  duties,  etc.,  270,  271. 

Division  into,  of  companies,  267. 


Squads— Continued. 

Noncommissioned,  officer  in  charge,  267. 

Quitting  without  leave,  A.  W.  40. 
Squatters : 

Public  lands,  487,  pp.  65,  66. 
Stables: 

Candles  and  lanterns,  1016, 1265. 

Guard  duty  roster,  366. 

Pobcmg,  1077. 
Staff,  Administration : 

Adjutant-General,  Army,  737,  738. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  737,  739,  740. 

Chiefs  of  staif  of  any  command,  745, 

Commanding  officers,  741, 743,  747. 

Depots,  etc.,  746. 

Department  commanders,  738,  740, 742. 

Extra  dutj'  detail,  enlisted  men,  167. 

Post  commanders,  744. 

Secretary  of  War,  736,  738, 739. 

Surgeon- General,  738. 
Staff  Corps  and  Departments : 

Additional  pay,  officers  holding  two,  1305. 

Appointments,  detail,  or  removal,  32,  783. 

Assignments  to  stations,  738. 

Changes  of  station,  etc.,  737. 

Chief  of  staff  departments  of  commands,  745. 

Civilian  employees,  724-735. 

Extra  duty  details,  enlisted  men,  167. 

Fiscal  affairs  of  the  Army,  187. 

General  depots,  etc.,  746, 

Leaves  of  officers,  46,  48. 

Official  correspondence,  763. 

Orders,  Army  or  department,  783. 

Ordnance  corps,  1489, 1490. 

Promotion,  22. 

Return  of  troops,  789. 

Signal  Corps,  1538. 

Special  duty,  34. 

Supervision  or  control  of  officers,  741, 746, 
Staff,  Department: 

Artillery  inspectors,  350. 

Composition  of  and  duties,  196. 

Contingent  fund  and  property,  197. 

Inspections,  department  commanders,  193. 

Requisitions  for  ordnance  supplies,  1498, 
Staff  Officers : 

Arrest  of  officers,  897. 

Books,  papers,  and  instruments,  1122. 

Departments,  193, 196, 197,  350, 1498. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17, 18. 

Hospital  transports,  1434. 

Inspection  reports  concerning,  810. 

Leaves  of  absence.  46,  48. 

Personal  reports,  805. 

Post,  203. 

Professional  books,  papers,  etc.,  1122. 

Regimental,  233-239. 

Service  reports,  806. 

Stationery,  1023. 

Travel  on  duty,  69. 
Staff,  Personal : 

Allowance  to  general  officers,  33. 

Appointments  and  details,  33. 


INDEX. 


297 


tStafT,  Personal— Continued. 

Composition  of  and  duties,  196. 

Inspections,  department  commanders, 
193. 

Limitation  of  service,  33. 

Qualifications,  33. 

Travel  on  duty,  68. 
Staff,  Post: 

Composition,  details,  and  duties,  203. 
Staff,  Regimental : 

Commissioned  and  noncom.,  233-242. 

Muster  and  pay  roll,  784. 
Standards : 

National  and  regimental,  218. 
Standing  Mute : 

Prisoners,  A.  W.  89. 
Star  Spangled  Banner,  The : 

Played  on  lowering  flag,  450. 
State  Courts : 

Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  969, 970. 
Staterooms : 

To  whom  allowed,  962, 1109. 
States : 

Domestic  violence,  etc.,  487,  pp.  64,  67. 

Jurisdiction  over  military  lands,  703. 
Stationery : 

Allowance  and  issue,  1023-1027 

Military  attache,  36. 

Post  schools,  310. 
Stations: 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  98. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1050. 

Signal,  1539, 1541. 
Statute  of  Limitations : 

General  provisions.  A.  W.  103. 

Kelease  of  deserters,  120. 

Rewards,  etc.,  deserters,  124. 
Stealing : 

Public  moneys  or  property,  A.  "W.  60. 
Stewards : 

General  messes,  302. 
Stockholders  of  Corporations : 

Acceptance  of  as  sureties,  561. 
Stolen  Property : 

Means  authorized  for  recovery,  688-691. 
Stoppages  of  Pay : 

Circular,  1345. 

Deserters,  1380, 1381. 

Enlisted  men,  125-127, 721, 1368, 1378. 

Enlistments  carelessly  made,  827. 

Entry  on  rolls,  and  collections,  1390. 

Failure  to  account,  699,  702. 

Notice  to  paymasters,  1345. 

Officers,  1343-1346. 
Storehouses : 

Brooms,  1204. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006. 

Inspections  by  commissaries,  1248. 

Preservation  of  army  supplies,  972,  973. 

Provided  by  Q.  M.  Department,  1247. 

Storage  in  or  near,  of  coal  oil,  etc.,  1249. 
Storekeepers,  Civilian : 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  727. 


Storekeepers,  Military: 

Bonds,  571-578. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  of^ce,  1006. 
Storm  Flags : 

Description  and  when  used,  213. 

Salutes  and  honors,  416. 

Saluting,  405. 
Stoves  and  Stovepipe : 

Allowances,  1006-1010. 

Troops  in  garrison,  1205. 
Straw : 

Accountability,  etc.,  1059-1064. 

Bedding,  1048, 1049. 

Requisitions,  1021. 

Verification  of  quantities,  1061. 
Street-Car  Tickets : 

Purchase,  u.se,  etc.,  1108. 
Street  Lamps : 

Outside  illumination,  1015. 

Quartermaster's  Department,  1012. 
Strength  of  Army : 

Bimonthly,  enlisted,  791. 

Monthly  returns,  789-796. 

Recruits  at  rendezvous,  822. 
Striking  Superior  Officer: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  21, 24. 
Student  Officers : 

Honor  graduates,  service  schools,  46i. 

Service  schools.  462-465, 468. 

Transportation  of  horses,  1069. 
Subpcenas : 

Witnesses,  conrts-martial,  922-925. 
Subsistence : 

Enlisted  man  returning  from  furlough,  110. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C,  176. 

Insane  soldiers  and  escorts,  472. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138. 

Witnesses  against  deserters,  126. 
Subsistence  Department: 

Accounts  and  returns,  1294. 

Blank  forms,  1293. 

Bonds  of  oiHcers,  571-578. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  17. 

Extra-duty  details,  164. 

Funds,  1226-1229. 

Furloughed  soldiers  returning,  110. 

General  duties,  1220. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1016. 

Purchasing  officer,  557, 569, 1227. 

Sick  soldier.^,  private  hospitals,  1457. 

Small-arms  practice,  302. 

Special  regulations,  pp.  iii,  172. 

Supplies,  479,  480,  515,  566,  569,  614,  633, 864, 
878,  879,  973, 1226-1292, 1547,  A.  W.  60. 
See  also— 

Commissaries. 

Commissary -General  of  Subsistence. 
Subsistence  Supplies : 

Articles  kept  for  sale,  864, 1226, 1234. 

Care  and  protection,  1247-1249. 

Comprise  stores  and  property,  1230. 

Contract  for  or  purchase,  515. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 


298 


INDEX. 


Subsistence  Supplies— Continued. 

Estimates,  1229. 

Exceptional  articles,  566,  569, 1283. 

Gains,  wastage,  etc.,  1231, 1242-1246. 

Indian  prisoners  of  war,  480. 

Inspection  of,  deteriorating,  878, 879. 

Interior  Department  Indians,  480. 

Inventories  of  stores,  1231. 

Proceeds  of  sale,  614. 

Property  enumerated,  1230. 

Purchase  and  distribution,  1226-1229, 1238. 

Rations,  1250-1279. 

Requisitions,  1229. 

Returns,  1294. 

Rules  for  issue,  etc.,  of  stores,  1232. 

Sales,  1236-1238, 1280-1292. 

Signal  parties,  1547. 

Stores  enumerated,  1230. 

Transfer  for  use' of  Indians,  479, 1226. 

Transfers,  1238-1241. 

Transported  by  Q.  M.  Department,  973. 

Vouchers  for  payment,  633. 
Sugar: 

Ration,  1253, 1256. 
.  Wastage,  1243. 
Summary  Courts : 

Annual  report  of  trials,  etc.,  891 

Charges,  etc.,  932, 934. 

Delays  in  trials,  935. 

Jurisdiction  and  power  of  punishment,  936. 

Post  commanders  sitting,  932, 933. 

Proceedings,  findings,  etc.,  932. 

Records,  932. 

Sentence,  932, 933. 

Sessions,  935. 

Trial  of  candidates  for  promotion,  29. 

Trial  of  noncommissioned  officers,  931. 
Sunday: 

Advertisements,  504. 

Duty  and  labor,  202. 

Musters.  452. 

Observance,  202. 

Summary  courts, 935. 
Superintendent  Military  Academy: 

Efficiency  reports,  807. 
Superintendents  National  Cemeteries : 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006. 

Monthly  reports,  492. 
Superintendents  Post  Schools: 

Duties  and  responsibilities,  317,  320, 324. 
Supply  Depots : 

Annual  inspections,  868. 

Candles,  1265. 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Efficiency  reports,  807. 

Plats  of  lands,  707. 

Quartermaster" 8  Department,  974. 

Supervision  or  control,  190, 974. 
Supply  Tables: 

Medical  supplies,  1461. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1499. 
Supreme  Court  Decision : 

Habeas  corpus,  jurisdiction,  969-971. 


Sureties : 

Contractors'  bonds,  560-563,  573-578. 

Corporate  guarantors,  561,  574-578. 

Disbursing  officers'  bond,  573-578. 

Noncorporate  guarantors,  563. 
Surety  Companies : 

Bonds  accepted  as  sureties,  561,  574-578. 
Surgeon-General : 

Artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1467,  1469-1471. 

Casualty  returns,  1466. 

Chronic  complaints,  1456. 

General  prisoners,  914. 

Hospital  corps,  1397  1401, 1406, 1408 

Hospital  fund,  1448. 

Hospitals,  1425, 1427-1429, 1433. 

Identification  of  deserters,  123. 

Inspections  by  chief  surgeons,  1465. 

Inspection  reports,  post  surgeon's,  1393 

Matrons,  1437. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1456, 1458, 1459. 

Medical  officers,  738. 

Medical  supplies,  1444, 1460, 1461, 1463. 

Private  hospital  accounts,  1457. 

Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1427, 1428. 

Recruiting  service,  848, 1458. 

Treatment  of  diseases  with  results,  155, 156, 
Surgeons : 

Appointments,  qualifications,  etc.,  1394. 

Chief,  of  departments,  196,  1408,  1418,  1464- 
1466. 

Promotion,  22, 1394. 

Travel  allowance,  1395. 

See  also  Medical  Officers. 
Surgical  Appliances : 

Damaged  or  unserviceable,  1463. 

Payment  for,  supplied  enlisted  men.  1456. 
Surrender : 

Compelling  commanding  officer,  A.  W.  43. 

Deserters,  119, 120. 
Surrender  or  Exchange : 

Public  animals,  1036. 
Surveying : 

Engineer  officers'  duties,  1472, 1480. 

Maps,  1482. 

Military,  1333, 1472. 
Surveying  Expeditions : 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1509. 

Outfits,  672. 
Surwying  Instruments : 

Maps  and  reconnaissances,  460,  461. 
Suspension  from  Command  or  Duty  : 

Forfeitures  under  sentence,  A.  "W.  101. 

Fuel  for  officers,  998. 

Quarters  for  officers,  995. 
Suspension  of  Sentences : 

Death  or  dismissal  of  officers,  A.  TV.  111. 
Syrup : 

Ration,  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Tableware : 

Allowances,  and  how  supplied,  285. 

Care  and  preservation,  1200. 

Estimates,  1199. 


INDEX. 


299 


Tactical  Exercises  and  Instruction : 

Inspection,  193. 
Post  commanders,  200. 
Tailors : 
Details,  263. 

Prices  and  payments,  263. 
Tallow: 

Sales,  1237. 
Target  Practice : 
Artillery,  348-356, 1534. 
Small-arms,  190,  302,  357-363, 1265. 
Telephones  and  instruments,  1537. 
Tariff,  Railroads : 

Classification  of  articles,  1160. 
Vouchers  for  transportation,  1159. 
Tattooing : 

Sentence  of  a  court-martial,  A.  W.  38, 98. 
Tattoo  and  Taps : 

Hours  for  sounding,  etc.,  383. 
Tea: 
Ration,  1253. 
Wastage,  1243. 
Teachers,  Post  Schools : 
Details,  duties,  and  responsibilities,  317, 319. 
Extra-duty  pay,  165, 319. 
Limitation  of  detail,  319. 
Procedure  to  obtain  suitable,  319. 
Teamsters : 

Extra-duty  pay,  165. 
Teamsters,  Civilian : 
Employment,  payment,  etc.,  724, 727. 
Hours  of  labor,  728. 
Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  731. 
Telegraphing : 
Accounts,  644, 1208, 1209, 1211-1216. 
Apparatus,  1537. 
Authority  to  advertise,  504. 
Blank  forms,  1214. 
Code,  1207. 
Confidential,  1208. 
Copies  by  mail,  752. 
Counting  words,  1211. 
Collect,  sent  by  private  individuals,  1216. 
Insane  soldiers,  471. 
Leaves  of  absence,  1209. 
Lines,  land-grant  railroads,  487,  pp.  67, 68. 
Stoves  for  oflfices,  1006. 
Use  of,  1206. 

Unimportant  words,  1210. 
Telegraphy  Instruction : 

Supervision  by  Chief  Signal  Officer,  1537. 
Telephoning : 
Accounts,  1217. 
Apparatu.s,  1537, 1546. 
Temporary  Duty : 
Baggage,  1121. 

Officers  on  leave,  1320, 1327-1329. 
Temporary  Posts : 

Styled  "  Camps,"  159. 
Tents : 
Failure  to  retire  to,  at  retreat,  A.  W.  35. 
Infected,  1441 . 
Pins  dropped  from  returns,  1198. 


Tents— Contin  ued . 

Troops  in  garrison,  1205. 

Use  of,  for  other  purposes,  1205. 
Term  of  Service : 

Deserters  to  make  good  time  lost,  131, 133. 

Discharge  on  expiration,  142,    A.  W.  4. 

Return  to  service  of  deserters,  131. 

Trial  of  deserters  after  expiration,  A.W.  48 
Text  Books : 

Post  schools,  etc.,  310, 319, 323. 

Responsibility  for  safe-keeping,  275. 
Theft: 

Public  moneys  or  property,  1245,    A.  W.  60. 
Theoretical  Instruction : 

Duties,  etc.,  of  commanders,  230. 

Reports,  231. 
The  Star  Spangled  Banner : 

Played  on  lowering  flag,  450. 
Through  Rates : 

Transportation  requests,  1087, 1090-1093. 
Tickets : 

Round  trips,  1097. 

Street-car  and  ferry,  1108. 

Transportation  requests,  1087, 1088, 1090. 

Unused,  1096. 
Timber : 

Depredations  in  Florida,  487,  p.  65. 
Time  Lost  by  Desertion  : 

Deserters  to  make  good,  131, 132,  A.  W.  48. 
Title : 

Lands  for  military  purposes,  703. 
Title  or  Address : 

Official  letters,  757. 
Title  Papers : 

Military  lands,  704, 890. 

Public  buildings  and  grounds,  D.  C.  1473. 

Washington  Aqueduct.  1472. 
Tomatoes : 

Ration,  1256. 
Tompions: 

Use  of,  in  small  arms,  276. 
Torpedo-Service  Instruction : 

Conditions  governing  detail,  347. 

Nominations  and  selections,  346. 
Traders : 

Arms,  etc.,  Indian  country,  478. 

Violence  toward,  A.  W.  56. 
Tradesmen : 

Prices  for  repairing,  etc.,  uniforms,  263, 290. 
Transfer  of  Property : 

Defined,  665. 
Transfer  or  Exchange : 

Commissioned  officers,  42, 43,  344,  463,  1069. 

Enlisted  men,  113, 114, 155, 1182, 1371. 
Transfers : 

Account  of  ill  health,  155. 

Charges  excluded  from  travel  allowances, 
1321. 

Discharged  soldiers'  claims  for  pay  due,  1388. 

Enlisted  men  to  hospital  corps,  1403. 

Hospital  corps,  1406. 

Pay  accounts  of  officers,  1300. 

Persons  and  articles  employed,  etc.,  1223. 


300 


INDEX. 


Transfers— Continued. 
Public  animala,  1035. 
Public   money  and  property,  594,  595,  616, 

665, 671. 
Subsistence  stores,  1238-1241. 
Transportation  of  the  Army  : 

Accounts,  175,  1107,  1108,  1116,  1129,  1143, 
1150-1162,1496-1471. 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 

Allotment,  draft,  and  pack  animals,  1071. 

Ambulances,  1076. 

Applicants,  artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1467-1471. 

Arms  and  equipments  for  militia,  1131. 

Baggage,  1118-1122, 1124. 

Bills  of  lading,  1 129, 1130, 1133-1160, 1223. 

Bond-aided  railroads,  1161, 1162, 1321. 

Books,  post  chapels,  etc.,  1132. 

Civilian  emploj^ees,  729,  733. 

Contracts,  515, 1072. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  85, 162. 

Deserters,  117. 

Discharged  soldiers,  153. 

Donations  to  libraries  and  museums,  1130. 

Enlisted  men  traveling  on  duty,  1082. 

Exceptional  articles  for  sale,  1283. 

Executive  departments  or  bureaus,  1129. 

Eurloughed  soldiers,  110,  111,  1082. 

Guards  of  deserters,  126. 

Gymnasium  apparatus,  312. 

Horses  for  saddle  purposes,  etc.,  1070. 

Horses  of  mounted  officers,  1069. 

Hospital  corps  privates,  1399. 

Improperlj'  furnished,  1098. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Homes,  D.  C,  175. 

Insane  soldiers  and  escorts,  472. 

Land-grant  railroads,  1161, 1162, 1321. 

Library'  property,  etc.,  312. 

Loss  or  damage  to  supplies,  1126, 1127. 

Mail  contractors,  207. 

Means  of,  at  posts,  1077. 

Means  provided  by  Q.  M.  Department,  972. 

Military  attaches,  36. 

Movement  of  troops,  1078, 1080-1084. 

Mules  generally  to  be  used,  1070. 

Orders,  1080, 1082. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1518,  1530,  1531. 

Post  bakery  utensils,  etc.,  312. 

Post  school  materials,  etc.,  312. 

Publications  for  hospital  libraries,  1449. 

Pursuit  of  deserters,  125. 

Reading-room  articles,  312. 

Bequests,  125, 1085-1117, 1223. 

Requisitions  at  posts,  1079. 

Routes,  1073, 1083. 

Spring  wagons,  1074, 1075. 

Supplies,  1072.  1123-1128, 1239. 

Transports,  1081. 

Travel  of  officers  in  part  with  troops,  1323. 

"Wagon  and  pack,  1070. 
/    Witnesses,  72, 126,  962. 
Transportation  Requests: 
\   Accommodations,  1087,  1109-1117. 

Alterations  and  explanations,  1095. 


Transportation  Requests— Continued. 

Baggage,  1088, 1099-1102. 

Bond-aided  railroads,  1093. 

Book  of  blank  requests,  1103-1106, 

Bridges,  1107. 

Duplicates,  1094. 

Issue,  1085-1087,  1094,  1095,  1097,  1098,  1102, 
1107. 

Ferries  and  ferry  tickets,  1107, 1108. 

Land-grant  railroads,  1091, 1093. 

Monthly  reports.  1223. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  1109-1117. 

Preparation,  1085-1087,  1091,  1094, 1095, 1097, 
1098. 

Pursuit  of  deserters,  125. 

Receipts,  1088, 1089. 

Round  or  return  trips,  1097. 

Street-car  tickets,  1108. 

Subsequent  to  rendition  of  service,  1094. 

Through  rates,  1087, 1090-1093. 

Tickets,  1087, 1088, 1090, 1096, 1097. 

Turnpikes,  1107. 
Transports: 

Hospital  boats,  etc.,  1434. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1081. 
Travel  Allo^rances : 

Approval  of  journey,  1323. 

Arsenals,  1333. 

Authority,  1323. 

Baggage,  1099-1102. 

Civilian  employees,  730-735, 1109-1117. 

Computation,  1321, 1326. 

Discharged  soldiers,  146, 1385. 

Engineer  officers,  1487. 

Explorations,  military,  1333. 

Interpreters,  courts-martial,  961-965. 

Joining  first  station,  1334. 

Leaves  of  absence.  1327-1332. 

Lines  of  travel,  1324. 

Medical  officers.  1395. 

Orders,  68, 1323-1325. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  1109-1117. 

Payments,  1322. 

Public  works,  1333. 

Return  journeys,  1323. 

Route  of  travel.  1324. 1326. 

Surveys,  military,  1333. 

Transportation  in  kind,  1321, 1323. 

Travel,  part  with  troops,  1323. 

Travel  without  trooi^s,  1321. 

Unauthorized,  1334. 

Urgent  duty,  1323. 

Vimcher  with  order,  etc.,  1323. 

Witnesses,  72,  962,  963, 1335. 
Travel  on  Duty,  Enlisted  Men : 

Baggage,  1101,1102. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1082, 1273, 1275. 

Delays,  107. 
Travel  on  Duty,  Officers: 

Change  of  station,  65. 

Delays,  67. 

General  officers,  68. 

Orders,  65-71.  776. 

Settlement  of  accounts,  71. 


INDEX. 


301 


Trarel  on  Duty,  Officers— Continued. 

Special  duty,  66. 

Staff  officers,  69. 

Urgent  public  duty,  70. 

Witnesse.s,  civil  courts,  72. 
Travel  Ration : 

Composition,  issue,  etc.,  1256. 

Excess  accumulations,  1235. 

Money  value  adjustment  of  charges,  1253. 

Unconsumed  articles,  1256. 
Travois: 

Inspections,  1419. 

Issues.  1418. 
Treasurer,  Military  Academy : 

Payments  to  cadets,  1 347. 
Treasurer,  Regimental  1<  und : 

Duties  and  responsibilities,  295. 
Treasurer  of  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C. : 

Accounts,  transportation  of  inmates,  175. 
Treasurer  of  the  United  States : 

Balances  unchanged  for  three  years,  586. 

Disbursintr  officers'  deposits,  580,  584,  586. 
Treasury  Department: 

Certificates  of  deposit,  609, 613. 

Deceased  soldiers'  effects,  159 

Desertt  rs'  effects,  130. 

Money  accounts,  655. 
Treasury  Draft : 

Transfer  of  funds,  592. 
Trespassers: 

Indian  country,  476, 487,  pp.  64, 65. 

Public  lands,  487,  pp.  65,  66. 

Reservations,  210. 
Trial  Officer,  Summary  Courts: 

Administration  of  oaths,  683,  note,  p.  227. 
Trial : 

Deserters,  120, 121, 127, 129,  A.  W.  48. 

Officers  released  without  charges,  A.  W.  71. 

Second  time,  same  offense,  A.  W.  102. 

Statute  of  limitations,  A.  \Y.103. 
Trinkets,  etc.: 

Deceased  officers,  83. 
Troop. 

Called  company,  227. 
Troops : 

Action  against  mobs,  491. 

Compelling  surrender,  A.  "W.  43. 

Employment  in  labors,  163. 

Funeral  escort,  437, 439, 440. 

Inspections,  873. 

Precedence,  6. 

Quarters  in  garrison,  985,  987. 

Records  of  movements  and  operations,  748. 

Returns  of  strength  in  campaign,  794,  796. 

Saluting,  392,  303. 
Troops,  Batteries  and  Companies: 

Company  books  and  records,  264,  265. 

Interior  economy,  266-279. 

Messing  and  cooking,  280-286. 

Officers,  noncom.  officers,  etc.,  251-263. 
Troops  of  Cavalry : 

Guidons,  221. 

Policing  stables,  etc.,  1077. 


Tumpiiies: 

Passage  of  troops,  teams,  etc.,  1107. 
Underclothing : 

Sales  to  officers'  servants,  1197. 
Uniforms: 

Band,  1188. 

Candidates  for  promotion,  26 

Civilian  dress,  1549. 

Defined,  273. 

Dress  determined  by  comdg.  officer,  1549. 

Fatigue  dress,  272. 

Lance  corporals,  257. 

Making,  repairing,  and  altering,  263. 

Miscellaneous,  1551. 

Officers  saluted  w  hether  in,  or  not,  396. 

Price  list  of  clothing,  273. 

Prices  for  repairs,  etc.,  290. 

Purchase  of  articles  by  officers,  1190. 

Retired  officers,  76. 

Special  regulations,  p.  iii,  par.  1548. 

Waterproof,  1550. 

"Worn  by  men  in  camp  or  garrison,  272. 
Union,  Salute : 

Number  of  guns  and  when  fired,  406. 
United  States : 

Enforcement  of,  laws  by  the  Army,  486-491.] 
United  States  Courts : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140. 

"Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  971. 
United  States  Mails : 

Obstructing  or  retarding,  487,  p.  67. 
United  States  Marshals : 

"Witnesses  before  civil  courts,  72. 
United  States  Penitentiary: 

Imprisonment  of  enlisted  men,  941. 
United  States  Vessels  of  War; 

Saluting,  etc.,  417. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  421-424. 
Upbraiding  Language : 

Punishment  for  using,  A.  "W.  28. 
Vacancies : 

Company  officers,  228. 

Created  by  selection  of  band  musicians,  245* 

Grade  of  second  lieutenant,  24-31. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  company,  260. 

Ordnance  corps,  1489. 

Payments  to  officers  promoted,  1306. 

Signal  Corps,  1538. 

Transfer  of  hospital  corps,  1406. 
Vaccinations : 

Company  descriptive  and  deposit  book,  264. 

Notation  upon  descriptive  lists,  105. 

Recruits,  843,  846. 
Vegetables : 

Commutation  for,  not  issued,  1254. 

Raised  in  post  gardens,  316. 

Ration,  1253. 

Savings  and  sales,  1269. 
Vessels : 

Built  and  chartered  by  Q.  M.  Dept.,972. 

Hospital  transports,  1434. 
Vessels  of  War: 

Flags  at  half  staff",  435. 


302 


INDEX. 


Tessels  of  War— Continued. 

Foreign,  417,  421-426. 

United  States,  417,  421-424. 
Veteran  Soldiers: 

Discharge  by  way  of  favor,  145, 146. 
Veterinarj  Hospitals: 

Provision  for  establishment,  186. 
Teterinary  Supplies: 

Accountability  and  custody,  1039, 1040. 

Estimates  and  requisitions,  1038, 1039. 

Expenditure  and  issue.  10"9. 

Instruments  and  books,  1040. 

Medicines  and  dressings,  1039. 
Teterinary  Surgeons: 

Allowances,  183. 

Appointmmt,  182. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Duties,  184, 185. 

Meals  and  lodgings,  730. 

Qualifications,  182. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank,  183. 
Tice-Admirals: 

Rank  with  lieutenant-generals,  12. 
Vice-President  of  tlie  United  States : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408, 418. 
Vinegar: 

Public  animals,  1265. 

Ration,  1253. 

Used  in  pickling,  1244. 
Violence: 

Suppression  of  domestic,  487,  pp.  64, 67. 

Traders  bringing  in  supplies,  A.  TV.  56. 
Visiting  Foreign  Countries  : 

Officers  and  enlisted  men,  55,  56, 109. 
Visitors : 

Military  posts,  418. 
Visits  and  Courtesies : 

Headquarters,  418, 420, 

Military  and  naval,  421-425. 

Officers  under  arrest,  901. 
Volunteer  Officers: 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Duties  and  rights,  A.  W.  123. 

Rank  and  precedence,  10,  11,  A.  W.  123. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 403, 415, 418. 

Services  as,  of  regular  officers,  1313. 
Volunteers: 

Precedence  of,  serving  with  regulars,  6. 

Subject  to  Articles  of  War,  A.  W.  64. 
Vouchers: 

Civilian  witnesses,  courts-martial,  965. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1342. 

Personal  services,  518. 

Tariffs,  railroads,  1159, 1160. 

Transportation  of  funds,  1128. 

Travel  allowances,  1325. 
V/agoners: 

Appointment,  etc.,  260. 

Extra-duty  details  and  pay,  168. 
Wagon  Masters : 

Interest  or  concern  in  purchases,  etc.,  1057. 


Wagons: 

Quartermaster's  Department  972. 
Wagon  Transportation: 

Mules  to  be  generally  used,  1070. 
War  Department: 

Appeals  of  officers,  A.  "W.  29. 

Certificates  of  deposit,  613. 

Contracts,  supplies  and  services,  554, 558. 

Engineers,  special  service,  1475. 

Lands  controlled  890. 

Public  buildings  and  works.  565. 

Signaling  and  telegraphy  instruction,  1537. 
See  also  Secretary  of  "War. 
Wareliouses. 

See  Storehouses. 
Warrants: 

Dates  determine  precedence.  9. 

Koncommissioned  officers.  241,  259. 
Washington  Aqueduct : 

Title  and  other  papers,  704,  890, 1472. 
Washington,  D.  C. : 

Depot  quartermaster,  175, 1470, 1471. 

Officers  visiting,  71,  804. 
Wastage : 

Subsistence  supplies,  1231, 1242-1244, 1246. 
Waste  or  Spoil : 

Committed  by  troops,  A.  "W.  55, 59. 
Watchmen : 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  727. 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729-731. 
Watchword: 

Disclosing  or  changing.  A,  W.  44. 
Weapon : 

Drawing  on  superior  officer,  A.  W.21, 24. 
Weekly  Inspections: 

Saturday.  266,  270. 
Weights  and  Measures: 

Medical  supplies,  1461. 
Whistles: 

Issue,  1202. 
Wiclis: 

Quartermaster's  Department,  1012. 

Requisitions  for,  and  issue,  1015, 1016, 1021. 

Sales  to  officers,  1020. 
Witnesses: 

Against  deserters,  126. 

Contracts,  560. 

Payments  to  soldiers,  1364. 
Witnesses,  Civil  Courts: 

Enlisted  men,  925. 

Indians  competent,  etc.,  474. 

Officers,  925. 

Pay  and  allowances,  966, 
Witnesses,  Courts-Martial: 

Civilian,  923. 

Deposition  of  absent,  A.  "W.  91 

Enlisted  men,  925. 

Oath  or  affirmation,  A.  W.  92. 

Officers,  925. 

Pay  and  allowances,  962-966. 

Payment  of  traveling  expenses,  734. 

Summons  and  service,  922-925. 


INDEX. 


303 


Witnesses,  Courts  of  Inquiry : 

Examination  and  oath,  A.  W.  118. 
Working  Parties: 

Armed,  military  works,  366. 

Construction  of  fieldworks,  1479. 
Wounded  in  Action: 

Eeturns  by  surgeons,  1466. 
Wounded  Offlcers  and  Men: 

luformatiou  concerning,  from  records,  803. 


Wrappers: 

Official  papers,  759. 
Writ  of  Habeas  Corpus : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140. 
Ketums,  969-971. 
State  courts  or  judges,  969, 970. 
United  States  courts  or  judges,  971. 
Wrongs : 
Appeals  for  redress,  A.  "W.  29, 30. 


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